The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-08-05

The intending Indian arose 20 80.
He had been worse wounded than by
all his fathers punishment. and ~
the moment Red Leaf seemed 70 ~
alizc this. She admired him and was
woman in embryo.
SBut you are not a coward white
people arcdiffcrcnt. Snider resumed
his seat.
Would Alkali like me for sonl'
he said. after a period Of silence.
''Allxali does not even love pleas
ant days. She says Red Leaf Is not
good except TO eat when there i
little To be- had and 10 gather sticks
for the fire. Her heart is very bad, :
said the dutiful daughter. with much
frankness.
II shall never return to the lodge
Of my father" said Snider, resolute
". II can live in the woods alone.
Kawa Neche cagat Manitou" This
last expression Is supposed to mean,
in the language of the aLorigines.
God cares for the poor Indian"
A great change came over the face
Of Red Leaf at this manly declara
ton Of independence. Red Leaf
will 60 with her friend" she de-
clared. The woods are good &c
live in"
Without further remark they arose
from thecouncil fire and went toward
the river. Without being realized
BY either it was the god of both, be
ing the greatest natural object with
which they had acquaintance. and
both being utterly without other than
natural religious sentiment.
The moon came out and lit the
mighty stream with weird and I'M
certain light. The spring freshet
had not wholly subsided and the
water was covered with wreck and
stray and castaway." 1t lashed it,
banks and whirled away into the
darkness like tortured snake. They
looked and said nothing for a long
time, and then Red Leaf began hast
ily to divest herself Of her clothing.
There are canoes on the island
she explained. The island was half
mile distant, and strong current
rolled between the two children and
the nearest point.
They would not so have expressed
it. but they We're about topractically
interrogate the god Dagon whether
he 'hearcth the young eagles when
they cry" as the god Of the Chris
tians is said to do
1T is awful cold. whimpered Sni-
der as his untoughened flesh felt the
raw evening air. and he shivered
But on this side is the hairy man
and Alkali. responded Red Leaf
as she wadded her clothing into a
bundle and tied it 70 the top Of her
head by the sleeves of her dress.
Thick darkness was round about
them again, for the moon had re-
tired behind cloud The river CUR
gled at their feet and almost laughed
aloud. The trees on the island were
q dark patch on the border of the
horizon. Red Leaf plunged into the
water and after moment Of hesitar
ton Snider was buffeting the waves
at her side. with q chill at his very
marrow.
There was much searching and
scurrying about when the children
were missed. as may easily he sup
posed. white men and red men
united their cunning and experience
in the search. The leaves in the for
est were almost turned over by one
party or the other in the minute
chase after clews. and it was more
than a nine days wonder where
they could have gone. But Dagon
knew and gurgled unintelligibly
The fish god doesn't tell all his e
crets to Nineteenth century folk.
About three weeks later, when the
great river had shrunk within it,
banks. two swollen and disfigured
little corpses were found stranded on
bar. somewhat lznawcd by fishes
but unquestionably all that was NOR
t&tk "a k3Ali4t>A &4xlA At<tt A<cdl-
And Alkah and the hairy man,
each remembering their last words
to their offspring. we're remorseful
after their kind. In the hairy mans
opinion one grave should suffice for
the battered littlc bodies, and il
1 was 50.
''Injuns may he pizen," he re-
marked, but this little girl must a
been very fond Of my Snider to Try
swimmin the river with him in high
water If there's any resurrection
for one Of them, there Is for the
other, and think maybe they'd like
10 rise together on that day" As he
ceased speaking the first clod Of the
hard, firm clay fell on the box in the
sour earth that had been set aside for
graveyard. Aud few waited to see
the little mound rounded up at the
top. They had other things to do
Seneca E. Truesdell in Buffalo News.
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