The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-07-26

would not ''De English, as she vaguely
put IL, that day. She had sent Macken-
zle 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 buckslIin clothes
in which she had journeyed to England,
drew down her hair as she used to wear
1T, fastened round her waist q long red
sash which had been given her by q gov
ernor of tho Hudson's Bay company
when he had visited her fathers coun-
try, threw her blanket round her shout
ders and then eyed herself in the great
mirror in the room. What she saw evil
IDENTIFY 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
as 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 n 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 it's length, ran
down back hallway out into the park
toward the stables, her blanket, as her
hair, flying behind her.
She entered the stables, made for q
horse that she had ridden much, put q
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
a short whip she had caught up in the
stable headed him for the main avenue
and the open road. Then stableman
saw her and ran after, but no might as
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 herr' said the general.
Then he rushed for horse to follow
her. Mrs. Armour'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 blooded
horse, and he made desperate efforts to
fulfill the generals predictions.
Lali soon found that she had miscal-
culated. She was not riding an Indian
pony, but crazed, high strung horse.
As they flew, she sitting superbly and
Juggling at the bride, the party coming
from the railway station entered the
great gate, accompanied by Richard and
Marion. In moment they sighted this
wild pair bearing down upon them with
terrible swiftness
AS Marion recognized Lali she turned
pale and cried out, rising in her seat
Instinctively Captain Vidal knew who
1t was, though he could not guess the
cause of the singular circumstance. He