St. Paul daily globe., 1894-07-15

pie of the water. Scream of the Eagle
listened. and his soul tremOled, and he
said to this person, Lead me to the spot
where she dweUs,' and he did SO.
Therefore, Reheid hiIin
Il see hiin," said Mrs. March, in an
pndert0ne. And a pleasant sight be
Is, The old rascal" Then lifting her
voice, she said, II listen. young man,
proceed"
Once more the interpreter began his
musical monolOgue:
CHAPTER Xxx.
"It Is the daughter of the medicine
lady that the great chief desires TO
marry" he said. "He finds her more
beautiful than she has been painted.
He offers thirty ponies. ten blankets
such as that he wears) and many skins.
white as ivory. and much wampum for
her. His young men wait near by with
the great chief ever paid for wife, but
he admits that he never even dreamed
of a woman so beautiful. Is the medi-
cine lady content? Is the price of
fereu for her daughter sufficient? The
great chief wishes the match settled,
| that he may take the beautiful white
maiden and ride away with her to his
own dwelling place. His heart is
hungry for her, and he cannot let the
sun go down on his suspense"
"Oh, what shall | do?' l whispered,
as clung to Mrs March. Save 'mew
"Get your bonnet, Anna," she whis-
pereG. 1--WE all have our price. The
ponies did not tempt me, but oh, those
blanketsw
"How can you joke?" l said.
ats habit of mine," she whispered.
"Young Man With a Tongue, l have
consulted my daughter. She acknOwl-
edges the majesty and beauty of that
delightful chief, Scream of the Eagle,
ana perceives all the advantages that
woulG accrue from so distinguished an
alliance, but circumstances over which
she has no control compel her to decline
the offer. She Is bought already by
white warrior. who has paid all immense
price for her. He is coming soon to get
her. and as am very honorable medi-
cine lady, l cannot possibly sell any
daughter of mine twice."
The interpreter communicated this
information to Scream, who made nor
rible noise over it, an l then proceeded
to pour immense volumes of smoke
| througe his nose.
The Interpreter, after some hesitation,
begged Mrs. March 10 make allowance
for opinions which were not his own,
aud to pardon him for repeating
Screams words.
The great chief said that all that did
not matter. Women were not expected
to have any sense of honor or to keep
their promises. and that we had better
close the bargain at once. And" said
Young Man, dropping into French
again, "send the white warrior au
diable."
"Don't think bed CO." said Mrs.
March. He's very obstinate. But
there is another thing. Scream of the
Engle has several wives already. and
our Great Father does not allow any
mother to give her daughter to hus-
band who has other wives"
TO the Interpretation of this speech
Scream listened with grin, and seemed
to respond cheertully.
The interpreter shook his head and
spread the palms of his hands outward
as he thus repeated the great chiefs
words to Mrs. March:
HE says thai madame need not trOu-
be herself about that, for he will send
two of his young men bone to kill all
bis other wives, so that madame'S beau
tiful daughter will be the only one by
the time they arrive at his village. He
does not mind doing it at all, he begs
me to say; he is tired of every one of
them."
THAT is the very kind of Scream of
the Eagle" said Mrs. March, with an
! extremely civil air. "but we dare not
disobey our Great Father"
Young Man paused before he trans
lated these words into the chiefs native
| tongue, and fancied that he trembled.
but Scream listened in utter silence
and. having heard the final words,
arose, folded himself in his blanket,
face and all, and stalked out OF the
| house.
! Young Man With Tongue fingered
to bid US formal adeu and to say:
"The beautiful young lady declines
very great honor, and when Scream Of
the Eagle wishes anything he does not
care VINO objects"