Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-07-20

-Mercy preserve us! No, she's red
She's an Indian, Val, princess in hel
tribe, and prettier or nobler woman
never trod the shores of Long Island
l don't care what color the next is
do you mean UntlllaY"
Il do, Val"
And have you said anything to hei
about it2"
"Of course I haven't. But say, Val
my boy, you must do it for me.
"But why not make the proposal
yourself, uncle2"
Hang 1t, lad, I'd rather attack war
frlgate You must do II for me, said
Mr.. Hedges, appeallngly.
BY this time the boat from the Sea
Hawk reached the shore near by, and
80 brought an end to what the old lieu
tenant afterwards declared was "the
most trying conversation he had ever
tackled during the ilve-and-forty years
OF his by no means uneventful life
Lea Hedges parted with Ellen at tho
gate, and under an impulse that she
could not resist, she made her way to
the place where she and Ralph Denham
had for the first time come to an under
standing.
She felt hurt that he had not sent one
word to her by the messenger. 1T
would have taken go little Of his time, "
she said as she sat down ON the fallen
trunk Of the same tree, so little Of his
time, yet 1t would have fed my hungry
heart, II he had only repeated what SO
we'll know Lea, l love you.
She saw Valentine and her uncle in
earnest conversation, as they waited
for the boat that fastened to them from
the Sea Hawk; and she envied them, for
she supposed they were discussing naval
matters, and that love could only en-
gross men when they had nothing else
to do, while with her own sex, love alb
sorbed all their thoughts, II it did not
control all the acts OF their lives.
She regretted that Captain Fox was
coming back, and she made up her mind
to hold him at arms length IL he con-
timed his coarse attentions. She could
not even think kindly of her father while
this man plagued her thoughts.
She was not aware that another per-
son was near her till she heard her name
called in accents low, musical and
thrilling, and looking up with start,
she saw Untilla before her. The Indian
maiden had attended the same school
with Lea, Ellen and the young ladies'
Of the better families in the place,
and in many respects she was the
intellectual equal Of the brightest.
She was particularly distinguished
for the frankness Of her manners-a
fRa nj hot fos
rudeness as the clear waters of will
low-shaded spring differ from the tinged
stream to which it gives rise.
Untilla had all the dignity Of charac-
ter that distinguished the rulers Of her
race, but there blended with it gentle
ness and freshness Of disposition,
which some call natural, and all know
to be loving.
In the days when they were laughing
school girls, Lea made no secret to her
friends Of the feeling then being warmed
into life that should only die out with
her own. And the Indian maiden, with
the dlgnifled reticence of her people,
kept her own counsel; but as she could
not act lie, her manner to Ralph Dem
ham told her feeling for him as plainly
as If she had announced it in q meeting
Of the tribe.
Untilla, since the return of the Sea
Hawk from the last cruise, saw where
the young Captain affections lay, and
while her heart rebelled for a moment
against the inevitable, she made up her
mind to submit, and for his sake con-
tinue loving what he loved.
why, Untilla!" exclaimed Lea, as
she took the Indian girls hands, and
drew her to a seat on the fallen tree. Il
supposed you were miles and miles
away.
Il would be back atmy home, should
be there, for my brother has the white
man, Colonel Graham, for guest, were
it not for YOU" replied Untilla, still
holding one Of Lea hands.
Then, my dear Untilla, If you come
to see me, you must do it at my fathers
house, said Lea, preparing to rise.
TO BE CONTINUED.