Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-02-28

/ Stop minute, TCr1ap | cried; and
running quickly upstairs, / returned
with gay silk shawl which she had of.
ten admired, and, wrapping it round her,
/ salu, There's your wedding present,
! Iuria; and may you have peace to wear
1t, child!-and pushed her gently toward
the door.
"The poor little creature took my hand.
and, after pressing her wet cheek against
1t for a moment, turned, and without a
word left the house
with very heavy heart I stood for
/ some minutes thinking of her; but nv
attention was soon called to other things
and your uncle's arrival put her entirely
out of my mind.
i heard nothing more of Turia for
! some months-iu fact, for nearly a year.
had told my husband all about the mat
ter, and he blamed me for interfering in
lt-indeed. | myself was rather ashamed
Of the part had played, now that could
no longer see the girls pleading ewes.
As said, heard nothing of the girl for
nearly year. We were spending a
brief holiday with some old and dear
friends who owned large farm some
thirty miles farther up the country. It
was just harvest time when we reached
there. The farmers hire Maoris during
the harvest to help them with the work;
and, strangely enough, Hopiana and
about twenty of his tribe had been those
employed by our friends. When the
harry esting was finished there. they had
left to % to a neighboring farm some
] three miles Uis.
"a sudden change in the weather
! frightened the owner of this farm, a Mr..
Burton, and he came rid ny over in hot
. halt.a "a. grfn z
quire where he was likely to find some
more Maoris to help to gather in the corn
that was down. Mr. Llovd told him of
some who he thought might be olsen
] gagged; but they were several miles away
Mr.. Burton hurried off at once.
THE next day, while w were sitting
at luncheon, boy came galloping up &c
the house, and sent ina note to Mr.. Llovd
who read it, and then passed it to your
uncle, saying
"'This concerns you, Glover, more
than me-
"Your uncle read it, and then, turning
to me, said
"I must go at once, dear; there has
/ been dreadful quarrel amongst Mr.
/ Burton's MaOris, and a woman has been
/ badly hurt-indeed, the affray is still 20
/ ing on. Mr. Burton wishes Mr.. Lloyd
and myself TO come at once and see if we
/ can do any good.
'In less than ten minutes they had
ridden off, and | was left alone. / could
I not at all account for the uneasy feeling
that took possession of me, though 1t
was certainly no uncommon occurrence
for my husband to be called away in
haste to try to make peace between two
/ contending parties of natives. Well,
2 szsaf.sI..l ,,e
/ people, Two hours passed, and they
were still absent. l began to think that
I | would go myself to see how matters
were proceeding, and ordered horse tc
/ be saddled, when Mr.. Lloyd returned
/ with message from your uncle asking
me to come over, as he wished me to see
/ the woman who had been hurt in the fray.
/ "As we rode along, / asked Mr.. Lloyd
/ how it had all happened, and he told me
that the two tribes had quarreled over
this woman. Hopiana, who was her
/ father, had tried to take her away from
I her husband slave belonging to the
I other tribe. The poor woman chung tC
/ her husband, who resisted all Hopiana's
/ endeavors to- them. The father pulled
one way. the husband another. Hopiana
/ called to some of his men to help him,
then the other tribe came to the husbands
assistance, and between them the poor
creature had been nearly torn limb from
! limb, and was now lying more dead than
alive. OF course | knew at once that
the woman referred to was none other
I than Turia.
"When we reached the farm, my hus-
band met me, looking pale, tired, and
worried; for it was with the greatest
| trouble that he had managed to part the
natives and get poor Turia from them.
I Angry voices were still 10 be heard at a
little distance, which proved that the
/ natives We're ready at moments notice
to renew the fray.
"'Oh, Mary, Tin so glad you have
come quickly! The poor little girl is,
fear, badly hurt. Come and see if you
4 can do her any good; and, turning, he
led me to a large wagon, underneath
/ which, on some straw, lay poor Turia.
There were several old Maori women
I about her doing what they could to al-
leviate her pain; bu, most Of them Were
/ too Interested in the discussion going on
amongst the men To- pay much attention
/ to the cause of all the tumult.
~ crept under the wagon and knclt
! down beside the girl.
"'Oh. poor htte Turil, is this indeed
YOU? am SO sorry 10 see YOU thus; Do
/ YOU not remember 'm1ther.' as you used
/ 10 call meg l cried, as the tears ran rapid
. " down my cheeks and dropped on to
/ her poor pinched face
"She opened her eyes with an evident
( effort, and looked at me dreamily for o
/ moment, as though she hardly under
! stood me- Then she remembered, and
/ her face frightened
on, mother, Turil very glad to see
YOU again. Iuria thought she never see