The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-09-22

appearance ana manner and III learning
the English language Mrs. Townley's
appearance marked a change in her.
When they met, she suddenly stood still
and trembled. When Mrs. Townlet
came to her and took her hand and kiss
ed her, she shivered and then caught
her about the shoulders lightly, but was
silent. After littS she said, "Come
como to my wigwam and talk with
me.
She said it with astrange little smile,
for nos she recognized that the word
wigwam was not to be used in her new
life. But Mrs. Townley whispered, "Ask
Marion to come too."
Lali hesitated and then said q little
maliciously, Marion, will you come to
my wigwam?"
Marion ran to her, caught her about
the waist and replied gayly; Eyes, we
will have powwow. Is that rights
powwow right?"
The Indian girl shook her head with
q pretty vagueness and vanished with
them. General Armour walked up and
down the room briskly, then turned
on his wife and said: wife, it was a
brutal thing. Frank doesn't deserve to
be--the father Of her child"
But Lali had moods--singular moods.
She indulged in one threc days after the
arrival of Marion and Mrs Townley.
She had learned to ride with the side.
saddle and wore her riding dress admi-
| rably. Nowhere did she show to better
advantage. She had taken to riding now
with General Armour ON the country
roads. On this day Captain Vidal was
expected, he having written to ask that
he might come. What trouble Lali had
with one Of the servants that morning
was never thoroughly explained, but
certain it is she came to have q crude
notion Of why Frank Armour married
her. The servant was dismissed duly,
but that was after the contretemps
1t was late afternoon Everybody
had been busy, because one or two other
guests were expected besides Captain
Vidal. Lali had kept to herself, send
ing word through Richard that she
would not "be English, " as she vaguely
put it, that day. She had sent Macken-
zie on some mission. She sat on the
floor Of her room as she used to sit on
the ground in her fathers lodge Her
head was bowed in her hands, and her
arms rested on her knees. Her body
swayed to and fro. Presently all motion
ceased. She became perfectly still. She
looked before her, as if studying some
thing.
Her eyes Immediately flashed. She
rose quickly to her feet, went to her
wardrobe and took out her Indian cos
tune and blanket, with which she
could never be induced to part. Al
most feverishly she took off the clothes
she wore and hastily threw them from
her; then she put on the bucllskin clothes
in which she had journeyed to England,
drew down her hair as she used to wear
it, fastened round her waist long red
sash which had been given her by gov
ernor Of the Hudson's Bay company
when he had visited her fathers coun-
try, threw her blanket round her shoul-
ders and then eyed herself in the great
mirror in the room. What she saw evil
dently did not please her perfectly, for
she stretched out her hands and looked
at them. She shook her head at herself
and put her hand to her cheeks and
pinched them-they were not so brown
rs they once were-.then thrust out her
foot. She drew it back quickly in dis
dain.
Immediately she caught the fashion,
able slippers from her feet and threw
them among the discarded garments.
She looked at herself again Still she
was not satisfied, but she threw up her
arms, as with q sense Of pleasure and
freedom, and laughed at herself. She
pushed out her moccasined foot, tapped
the floor with it, nodded toward it and
said word or two in her own Ian
guage. She heard some one in the next
room, possibly Mackenzie. She stepped
to the door leading into the hall, open
ed it, went out, travelled its length, ran
down a back hallway out into the park
toward the stables, her blanket, as her
hair flying behind her
She entered the stables, made for a
horse that she had ridden much, put a
bride on him, led him out before any
one had seen her, and catching him by
the name suddenly threw herself on him
at bound, and giving him tap with
short whip she had caught up in the
stable headed him for the main avenue
and tho open road. Then a stabloman
saw her and ran after but he might rs
well have tried to follow the wind. He
forthwith proceeded to saddle another
horse. Boulter also saw her as she
passed the house, and running in told
Mrs. Armour and the general. They
both ran to the window and saw dash
ing down the avenue a picture out Of
Fenimore Cooper-a saddleless horse,
with rider whose fingers merely touch
ed the bride riding as on a journey Of
life and death.
MY God, it's Lali! She's mad she's
mad! She is striking that horse! 1t will
bolt! 1t will kill her!" said tho general
Then he rushed for horse to follow
her Mrs Armor's hands clasped
painfully. For an instant she had al
most the same thought as had Marion
on the first morning Of Lali's coming,
but that passed and left her gazing help
lessly after the horsewoman. The flying
blanket had frightened the bloodeC
horse, and he made desperate efforts Il
fulfill the generals predictions,
Lali soon found that she had miscal
culated. She was not riding an Indial
pony, Out crazed, high strung horse
AS they flew, she sitting superbly AM
tuggiDg at tho bride, the party coming
from tho railway station entered tn