Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-07-29

III tho language Of tho aborigincs,
God cares for the poor Indian"
A great change came over the face
Of Rcd Leaf at this mnnly dcclam.
ton Of independence. Rod Leaf
will 20 with her friend" she de-
clarcd. Tho woods arc good to
live in
without further remark thoy arose
from thccouncil fro and wont toward
the river Without being realized
by either Il was the god OF both, be.
ing the greatest natural object with
which they had acquaintance. and
both hcinguttorly without other than
natural religious sentimlnt
Tho moon came out and lit the
mighty stream with a weird and I'M
certain light The spring freshct
had not wholly subsidized and the
water was covered with wreck and
stray aud castaway." It dashed its
banks and whirlcd away into the
darkness like q tortured snake They
looked aud said nothing fors long
time, and then Rcd Loaf began hast
lily tn divest lerscll OF her clothing
"1hcru are canoes ON the island
she explained. The island was half
n milo distant ard a strong current
rolled between the two children and
the nearest point
They would not so have expressed
Il, but they wcrc about topractically
intcrrngpte.thc god Dagon whether
hc "hcarcth the young eagles when
they cry as the god Of the Chris.
tians Is said 10 do.
1T is AWFUL cold, " whimpcrcd Sni-
dor as his u1tJngheuod flesh felt the
raw evening air. nnt he shivercd.
"Bu. or this lido is the lioiry man
and Alluli' responded Red Leaf
as ahc wUdlcd lnr clothing into q
bundle and tied IL 90 tho ton Of her
head by tho sleeves of lcr dress.
Thick darkness WA round about
ihom uuiu. for tho moon had no.
/ tirVl behind a cloud. The river gur.
/ glcd at their lcct and amostlnughcl
/ aloud. Tho trees on the island were
a dlrl; patch on the hogdcr Of tlig
horizon. Rod Leaf plunged into a.,
water and after u moment of hcsiia
/ ton Smicr was bufctiug the wav.
at her side with a chill at his very
marrow
There was much searching and
rrurrying about when tho children
were missed, as may easily be sup
posed; white mon and red mon
united their cunning and oXpcricnc,
in the search. Tho leaves in tho for
est were almost turned over by on,
party or tho other IN the ininut,
chase after CLOVIS, and 10 was NOR
than ninn days wonder whcrD
they could have gunc, But Dagger
know and purglcd unintelligihly
Tho fish god doesn't tell all his 80
crcts 10 Nineteenth century folk.
About three weeks later, when Ia,
great river had shiunb within il
banks, two swollen and disngurct
littlo corpscs were found stranded OF
bar, somewhat liuuwcd by fishes
hut unqucstionably all that was moi
tai Of Snidcr aud Rcd Leaf.
And Alliali and the hairy man
each remembering their last word
TO their offspring, were remor'afu
after their kind. In the hairy man
opinion one grave should suffice 70
the battered li,tlo bodies, and
was so.
"Iniuns may DO pizen,' he +,
marked, but tins little girl must Z
been very fond Of my Snidor 20 ~
swimmin the river with him in hig
water. II there's any resuITcctio
for one of them, there is for Oh
, other, and ] thinl, maybe they'd ID,
TO rise together on that day As Ii
, ceased speaking the FIRST clod of IN
hard, firm clay fell ON the box in IN
sour earth that had been sot asidcf c.
, q graveyard. Aud few waited to Sc
, tho little mound rounded up ut III
top. They had othor things TO do
, Seneca L. Tncsdoll In Buffalo New