The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-10-24

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Of nothing but the perils she La
passed through.
81 am not myself" she said, Ind
I don't see how I can ever beS he
gay, happy girl that 1 a Ev$
thing is changed to me, and lie
seems to be o only worth kbe
having as we all 1t up with til ne
that are enduring. / mean sqhe-
thing we can't lose. How insqf IRE
everything isl"
"And it took two weeks captivity
with the Indians to teach you t9kt9,'
he asked her, adding: 81 have
realized that eve 8 nee I was skhild
and lost my mother"
"Yes, but l lost mother, 4ther
and home all at once" said AMI bite.
"And when l lost my motIsr,"
said Capt. Harmon, 81 had ndhint
left me but my memory of1pr
which ID an inheritancs I wou
e1esAsSs hsxsSa11
world.v
81 think my capture msy psose \
blessing to me if l live, even ks youf
inheritance has been to YOU" saib
Annette.
"In what way2" he asked.
81 have been so selfish. 1 did nd
know there was any sin OF suffering
or ignorance in the world. I did moi
know there was SO much to pity and
that If n tried even in littl(
things SO much help could be given'
There was Haha. You never saw
him, but Mrs. Bernard will tell you
how good he was. How he tried ID
teach the poor ignorant midland
about tho Great Spirit. How hi
told them what was right and wha|
was wrong and set them such q good
example that they thought the Cred
Spirit had sent him to them. Thej
had so much confidence in him thu
they feared to displease him."
"Was he an Indian9" asked Capt
Harmon.
eyes, from a faroff eastern trib2.
Loni firmly believes that he Id
supernatural powers, that he ]
specially helped by the Gref
Spirit"
"And why not9n asked Capi.
Harmon. 'If he helped to card
out Gods purpose, why was he nd
specially helped? No doubt 1t !
Gods purpose to make this countzt
a great nation, to have all this mag
niicent territory settled up by !
people who will glorify Him in til
ful6llment of His will. Each indA
vidual, Haha or you or myself, viii
is helping to this end, it is natural x
SUPPOSE will be thus specially helped
A hundred years from now when TIL
country is teeming with its milliopI
of people and great cities are d6ttet
about on it, its splendid buildings
its manufactures, its magnihcen
farms that will glut the world witt
their products; it will all have beer
accomplished by the individual
effort Of those who were special,
helped, like Haha, by the Grea
Spirit, helped and invested witt
powers supernatural, specially givel
for a purpose"
1t was 30 dark Annette could no
zee the face of the speaker, but hi
voice trembled with feeling. Sh'
knew he vas not talking merely t.
hear himself and please her, but wa
speaking his own thoughts as niue.
to himself as to her.
Sand what will become OF tn
poor Indians" she asked, "whei
this country is all settled up ~ 20
describe?"
Somehow the pity in her hear
for the Indians almost overshadowe
the resentment. Loni, Haha an
Wolf redeemed them all in her eye'
Ply for the poor degraded rae
which she now knew was as huma
as herself and as capable of bein
lifted into a higher and better lii
had taken the place Of resentmen
What had they done that God ha
left them to grovel in sin and jgnol
ance?
Capt. Harmon did not answer h,
question at once. He seemed thinh
ing and at length answered by askir
> her.
! "Would you not like to o the
exterminated"?
ooh, no." she answered quick,
. SIT would grieve me to think Lol
and Haha and Old Wolf were 10
!. killsd,-and all those4wiekeAsEseFia
. have souls, and they have feeling.
!, they love their homes, their Chi
!, d%ren-they even trust in their bin
ignorant way to tho Great Spirit
i make them happy in a pleasant hon
!, after they die"
q eyes," said Capt. Harmon, 'tht
are a strange people and there issI
a doubt in my mind, they once hi
the light Of revelation. Their co,
o ception of the Great Spirit would |
v impossible, II 1t had not been hand
9 down from generation to generate
They may be the descendants OF v
lost tribe OF Israel, who, forgettin
O were forsaken Of God and lap6l