Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-04
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how to entertain.
He led tho dance with Lea Hedges,
and he found frequent occasions to drop
q complimentary phrase into her ear
but even the most observant
could not construe this into partiality.
Under myriads OF swinging lamps.
the young people danced until midnight,
while in the main cabin, about q WE'LL
filled board. the elderly gentlemen dis
cussed wines Of rare vintage, or gave
their opinions with candor. tempered by
courtesy, on the political questions,
which were even then causing a ripple
OF feeling between the colonies and the
Wonderland.
Two companion figures at the enter
tainment-fgures that took no part In
the dancing--were Uncas and his sister
Untilla: or The Princess, as che was
generally called.
Untilla was q strikingly graceful girl,
with lighter complexion than her.
brother. for the carmine of youthful
health shone through her rounded
cheeks. Under the glow Of the colored
lamps, she looked more radiant than the
white girls. who might be called the
daughters OF the sun" while she was
the daughter OF night, the more brilliant
for the darkness that surrounded her.
Nor was Untilla neglected by the off,
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promenaded with many of them, talking
freely, and even gayly. in her simple,
unaffected way.
Untilla's love for Captain Ralph Dem
ham was an old story in the settlements,
a topic on which the gossipers were al
ways sure to fall back when all others
were exhausted.
She at first could see no wrong in her
preference. and 1t wes only when she
began to feel that her love was not re-
turned that she drew back and took on
that reserve which distinguishes her
race, and which the whites, for the want
OF better name, call "stOical."
Tonight, Ralph Denham gave more
food to the gOssips; he promenaded
with Untilla again and again, only
yielding her arm to some other when
| courtesy required. 1t was he who took
her to supper; and '~hcn the time for
departure came all too soon, it was Ralph
Denham who took the princess home in
miles to the little cove on whose south
ern shore was tho dwelling OF herself
and brother.
Untilla babe Ralph good might and
hurried to the light that marked their
abode; and Captain Denham was about
to order the boat from the beach, when
! the well-known form of Dinah sprang
rom theshadows into the moonlight, and
called out:
Ralph Denham. Ralph Denham, have
keer."
Have care OF what, Dinah?" asked
Ralph, who, since his first Knowledge of
the old woman, had always treated her
with Difference. and when, as q boy,
other youths showed q disposition to
annoy her, he would become her cham
pion, and still his companions by
shame, or, failing in that, by force.
| Have keer OF de wolff" croaked the
old woman.
"Of what wolf, Dinah?"
| "Of dc wolf ez comes in de skin Of de
sheep"
as there such a one here?"
Zone, Cap'n Ralph? Ha, ha, ha! Wy,
dar's hull pack OF EN-. en- don't you &c
and tink it's on y flock. Keep o watch
ez you does wen dar's danjah on de
great deep. De wolves Is wife en- red
ken ear 'em 'owlin' away fab off. But
! dey'u como higher en- higher; en- dey
won't owl; dey'n be gettin' ready fob
to spring, en- to fasten dar wife teet in
yer wife skip. Have keer. have keer,
and repeating this, the old woman
spranR Into the shadows from which she
had come.
Rather an indefinite warning,
laughed Ralph Denham. as he took the
tiller and guided the boat from the cove
into the bay, where his ship was swung
, at anchor.