Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-06-06

n-sses VI stetm tuAt aoomeu 60 uatSl
from every pinnacle and projection Of
the whitencd area.
Before q dark opening that broke
the surface and seemed to pierce down
ward to the very bowels of the earth,
the medicine man stopped. SEEKING
Washable by the wrist, he bent for.
ward and pointed into the heart Of the
crater.
There. Washakiel' he cried, there
is the heart Of the Fire Spirit White
Bull will let thee down by his pony's
hair rope until thy feet touch the
ledge Of rock. Then put thy hands
out and walk straight forward until
they touch substance that is warm
and smells like powder. That is the
heart Of the Fire Spirit. Then draw
the arrows from thy CULVER and thrust
them In one by ono until they are all
gone. The blood will run forth, soft
and warm. Gather It in thy hands
and fill the CULVER. The hot breath Of
.ne spur. VIII MI my Nostriis, oatiear
1t not. When all is done, pull on the
rope, and White Bull will draw thee
W anu ,eao 'nee oac. over the noun
w., ."'ls 70 ce war chie' Oh inc ohosnones
LUIS oeesl mas never yet oeeh done ny
nun ihou sha,s w KNOWN Us 'he
0,a' v. IVA wat,.o' 'nss ever leu my peo-
pc ~ pa''ie
INC young man hes'.a'ed' looking az
.ne nlcKer'ng ]ets OF steam ieaplng
from the broken surface OF tne pasin
peyoha' 'Aen ae zen upon ms race ana
pecre" earnestly ,n'o 'ne aarRness OF
'no ho,e' 1"l'cls..','n' ufeao OF ene
mysterious t'rc eplra, 'l'as no man mad
e e.. yes eoh9ue,ea' n,iea MN WIN un-
o ~ .a !. nu' ~ uel'evoa sne WORDS
~ ~ ,ne s, l'e'''lne cn'cl ., ms .f'oe VINO
~ 'au SHOWN ., W 10y a'any o.,lers 'ne secret
7. o o. ana 'no eiory o' leau'ng
n.' ''. Luz, ~ wap was W, wofs' WI earnest
1 noss uuu.p W lcaf. ae nau 'rou 'ne
hs es st "y h n'.es " una nis '0 ~"
n ..s '''uAs "es's wou1u no' laii nun
now ~ ano'ner "o"cn' nc was ella-
.h ~ n Nv W. y. ~, ouso J., y. sAv o.a.ei WIN
w s'0 "oo'c VI VIC h"'r rope oouna around
MN ars alb
~. ane e, nealc'n lc man oraceu pack unti,
, sue l ~ ny, s.raln upon INC rope ,oia
~. M,n' , .aas "a MA iee' naa .ouchea
sa' ~. ,euss. .uen ne coliea 'ic free eha
~ .a., .1' 'a''a' 'a'' afounu projecting
'o sus.-,.,
. "n.i~ wv a..aycu ~ pun. ana war
ooanos' n" ~. s'eps through 'ne ioresl
~ wv wv .noun.aln ~ cioseiy as
ss.ssy p''..s..u As nisus 4'' 'nr'ce,
'.soe ~ =. oo"e"' uao waFnea
we u,ou''.ao laua y. JUS presence
+sos'a4ns .ao guso =. .he Hse pasln,
sl4 suleen1ns Atmseil oeAlna = FocK'
~ saw tne meaio'ne man standing
s'onc aa.u 'ne noatinR wreatnes OF
heavy rocl strrgo,o ,raar n. r,.lch4
Aesvy focA' struggle unoer its weight
'no's a's'anco, anu heavo ~ apparent
y ~, NV sae esssn'
Aasn snsre was . rumonne p II
nunafeo snunoels nao broken loose ~
hastilv Al a dansa white c,ord hrrst
from The earth At his feet and towarad
Ia tha varv akv The aarth shooL IA
there came ont al the cloud n MO.
lonred wa,l,no crv that was s,rai.
lowed in an ernlosion as q thA ho,ye's
NJ the earth were ront In s,rdar M
white cloud wos {rone,ormod ,rto
water. that shot inward IN one mighty
stream toward tho moon n;l,no yoirmo
on volume and castino itself n steam
and spray a hundred feet on every sido
like giant fountain Of silver
When the great rey,er had ceased n
play. Whirlwind stood beside the medi. |
cine man
",yherc Is Washal,ie2n he osl,ad
"yvhere Is the wo,lld.be war cbief9u
"Therc." answered the medicine
man. pointing to nm object ,vino noor
the mouth of the crnter ola bos
found the tomano,co, but he pierced tbe
heart of the Fire Shirt with ,rro,ve
md tho Fire Spirit has slain him.
back into the earth. Washable Law
upon his face, crushed and smothered, |
rs far from the crater as the length Of