Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-01

NolOp the tllnS. 11S naO sOON tdiSut AOA initiative and administration and at last, in the time when his wife was a feature of the London season, he found his scheme in working order, and the necessity of going to England was forced upon him.
 Actually he wished that the absolute necessity had presented itself before. There was always the moral necessity, of course-but then! Here now was a business need, and he must go Yet he did not fix day or make definite ar- rangements He could hardly have be- lieved himself such n coward With liberal emphasis he called himself q sneak, and one day at Fort Charles sat down to write to his solicitor in Mont real to say that he would come on at once. Still he hesitated. As he sat there thinking Eyc-of the-Moon, his father in.law, opened the door quietly and GU. tered. He had avoided the chief ever since he hs<. come back to Fort Charles and practically had not spoken to him for year. Armour flushed slightly with annoyance. But presently, with a touch of his old humor, he rose, held out his hand and said ironically: Well, father in law, it's about time we had Q big talk. isn't it? We are not very in- l timate for such close relatives.
 The old Indian did not fully under stand the meaning or the tone of Ar mour's speech, but he said, How! '" and reaching out his hand for the pipe offered him lighted it and sat down, smoking in silence. Armour waited; but, seeing that the other was not yet moved to talk, he turned to his letter again. After time Eye-of the Moon said gravely, getting to his feet. Brother"
 Armour looked up; then rose also, The Indian bowed to him courteously; then sat down again. Armour threw a | leg over the corner of the table and waited.
 Brother. said the Indian present ly, you are of the great race that ron luers us You come and take our land and our game, and We have to beg of | you for food and shelter. Then you take l our daughters, and We know not where they go, They are gone, like the down from the thistle We see them not, but you remain. And men say evil things There arc bad words abroad. Brother, what have you done with my daugh- | t,r?''
 Had the Indian come and stormed, legged money of him, sponged on him pr abused him he had taken it very calmly. He, in fact, had been superior. But there was dignity ill the chiefs manner; there was solemnity in his 1 speech; his voice conveyed reSoluteness and carucstncss. which the stoiC calm | of his face might not have suggested, and Armour felt that he had no advan, taSo at all. Beside. Armour had a con science, though he had played some rare | tricks with it of late. and it needed more hardihond than he possessed tC face this old man down, And why face him down: Lali was his daughter, l blood of his blood, the chieftainess oi one branch of his people, honored al | least among these poor >avageS. and tho old man had Il right 10 ask, as asked another morr famous. Where is my daughtcr?''
 His hands lu his pockets. Armour sa silent for minute cying his boot as h' swung his leg to and fro Presently h, said: Eye of thu Moon. l don't thinl can talk as poCtiCally as you. oven il my own language. and l shall not try but 1 should like to ask you this, Do you believe any harm has come to you, daughter-tn my wife:"
 The old Indian forgot to blow the to bacco smoke from his mouth, and as h. sat debating, lips slightly apart, it camt leaking out in little trailing clouds anC gave strange appearance to his irol featured face He looked steadily a Armour and said: You arc of thos who rule in your land"-here Armou protested-''you have much gold to bu. and sell. am chief he drew him self up-''I am poor. We speak witt the straight tongue It is towards wh lie, Speak deep, as from the heart, m, brother, and tell me where my daugh ter is. "
 Armour could not but respect tn chief for the way this request was put but still it galled him to think that h was under suspicion of having done an bodily injury to his wife, so he Quietl persisted Do you think l have don Lali any harm:''
 The thing is strange, replied tn oth.r 'You arc of those who are grea amen; your people. You married daughter of a red man Then she wa yours for less than one moon, and yo sent her far away, and you staid. He father was as a dog in your sight D men whose hearts are clear act so? The have said strange things of you. hay
 not believed, but it is good know all that l may say to the tale bearers. 'Yo have crooked tongues. '
 Armour sat for a moment longer. hi
 face turned to the open window. H was perfectly still. but he had becou