The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-10-31
BRIgHT-EYES.

man: Silas Parker, and his wife. as
their own child, went out into the woods
"a gather bIneberries.
There had been IRE in the woods
that winter. and where it ran the
berries grew thick When Bright
f'rss had filed her pals she would
walk down into the village and 60 can-
iaz from house 10 house. Berries.
hiuebexriesi who wants nice blue
6Arfiss until she had disposed Of them
aE And what with the berries and
sAssafras bark. which she sold to tho
druggist, and wintergreen and cala-
mus root. and nuts in autumn, and
her little bead~work bags. there was
always enough to put By TO buy Bright
Eyes her graz calico frocks. shoes for
her pretty feet. yarn for her stockings.
and those little stiff straw hats, which
she trimmed with the gray wings ofthe
birds that Father Parker shot at times.
BriRht-eEes was very independent. and
fonder Of giving than receiving.
TODAY, the berries being so thick.
She had a great harvest, and high noon
had come and it was time that she
went home. tidied herself, and went
down ia the village to be in time for
4he housekeepers who wanted berries
for tea when, as she gathered
up her pals. singing them to sort of
yoke she placed upon her neck. she
heard 8 groan hard BY. and after some
search found a man lying among the
nnderbrnsh, bleeding from terrible
wound IN his shoulder and apparently
near his end
The hrst thing Bright-Eyes. did was
10 stanch the wound as wen as she
conIa. with certain herbs OF which she
knew and bind il with her apron; the
next tD 20 for aid.
I'm a little. time the old woodsman
sud his men arrived. and together they
bore the wounded stranger TO their
hosne. The rough. self-tanght surgeon
ct the place attended him; the bullet
WAS extracted. the fever allaxed-
That the man had accidentally shot
himself had been self-exident from the
Isl and Il was certain that had not
Brighf-Eyes found him IN the woods he
would have bled 10 death in very
little while
ILL., seemed grateful. and not ayerse
ID ex pres sing his feelings
Old Parker as bic expressed it. took
shine tn him.
Though he's city chap and a
college feilosgs he said. ..he don't put
oi no frifis 8
The name he gave them was Charles
lzrahain. and he wauld gladly have
comp pensated his host for al the trouble
ana expense he i1s.l been at. but that
ia the far west at that date. the
fhought Of receiving payment for such
things was never entertained.
Stay as long as you ike; we're glad
Ap have won. old Parker said, and
Graham fingered
That Briehf-Eyes Was the attraction
Was soon very evident.
More than one man of the place had
married an Indian girl. and Bright
Eyes Has Christian aud went TO the
little church on Sunday. and wore the
dress and had the ways of white
women.
Moreover, she MAS beautiful. No one
wondered al his fancy
The girl gave him her whole heart
and sDnls and when III the autumn he
Ment away. he slipped bright ring
with q jewel in 1t Bpon the girl finger.
md sAidt
Before The snow falls / will return
and marry ron
he left also many presents. StuIfs
more costly Than Bright-Eyes had ever
worn. aud fise girl set to work to fash
ION them into garments which she
lss1ala wear when she was his wife.
But he SHOWS came and he returned
not; nor did any message come from
him
Aud people began to whisper when
they spoke Of the Indian girl. and to
HhN that all the teaching on earth
would act change i savage; at last
HFight-EFes held In her arms a little
ark-skinned babe. with its white
fathers feafures and ifs Indian mothers
eyes
The old people we're not cruel to her.
4hey did not drive her forth. But
enc morning they awoke to find her
gone
VIII not stay to disgrace you. .
eEe had written on a piece of paper
very good TO me- Good-by'
As Tor Charles Graham. he had by
slis time almost forgotten the pretty
Indian girl Who had amused him that
sumner in the woods. and thought her
sndness we'll paid for in the silk
esses and the handful of trinkets he
given her
smetimes he said to himself: She
pretty ereatHrer laughed
That vas ALL
lo'evers man one true loNe comes
1t Was not long befofepC Charles
met his fafei One of his own
tdy beautiful and attractive,
her heart to him, and whom
IA.
cry happy with his Mar
Or her sake resolved to live
For her sake ALSO. he de-
e rich
eng ago. The spirit of cmi-
Ion " n abroad at that time. From
eastern srstes thousands went forth
- the far wes1ein search of fortune.
Broad. fertile lands were ready for
them. Cities yei unhuilt were marked
ppon great maps. With energy every
M5shn could prosper, it was said.
Fired with this idea Charles Graham
nd his bride joined the throng. The
Journey was neither easy nor pleasant
bus sShey were full OF hope. and the
1nerritst of the long carayan-like pro-
tessi6n> with its covered wagons.
fnounted Ssqen and led horses, that day
~ day went farther and farther west
Srd
IT last oEle evening they found them
aIHes upon the verge of an Indian
settleueat4 and though the very naaEe
I'll Indian WAS associated in the mind of
ftEe while settler with treachery. the
aixls were all propitious. The gray
15a;fad chiefs came foFth to meet them.
The sauaRs offered them corn and fish
sfnsf fr1lff. The music Of reed-futes
aud of laughter filed the village as the
aoon arose. All seemed to speak OF
aee and plenty.
Weary with long sojourn in the
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