The times., 1897-04-18

to see the great change that twenty-1our
short hours had wrought in her. Her eyes
seemed to be larger, her face drawn, and
the faint little smile with which she re-
ceiyed him, nearly brought tears TO The
strong mans eyes; but it was not anu
he took her little hot hand in his that ne
realized that pneumonia, the deadly Zoe
of the Southwestern Indian, had found It's
prey in his dear little pupil, whom he
now found had entwined herself around
his heart to such degree as 10 make ELS
anguish almost unbearable. Raising the
child in his arms, he CARRIED hef with d.
fathers tender care down the steep ana
rocky trail, past the mill and up The DUH
to the post hospital, where he procured her
a room in the hospital stewards house
He then called the post surgeon, who'
being his friend, knew the strong bona
existing between Morley and the Two
Indian children immediately went TO the
bedside Of the sick girl; but the express
sion Of the doctors face and unconscious
shrug Of his shoulder, confirmed only
what Morley already knew, that little
To-ni-tah was beyond mortal help
All that night he sat by her bedside, anu
when morning came and called him To his
most at the mill he gave Yuc-ca-she instfuc-
tion To keep him constantly Informed OF the
condition Of To-ni-Tah Eyeningaga gain found
him at her side, and it was now plain to
him that she was fast nearing The end.
The diving girl seemed TO find comrorto only
in his presence so it was Morley hand
which held hers when her soul took flight,
10 seek the unknown happy home which he
had promised her. A smile remained ON
l,1y 4, nIb
to grieye, as they would ali meet again in
the other life With strong mans deep
emotions, Morley closed the eyes which
during the past years had SO trustfully
looked into lis
The next day Morley and fuc-ca-she had
the little coffin carried to the lone pine
on the hillside opposite the miii' where
the brother and sister used to sit and wait
for the trumpet call from the post, which
would announce to them that II was time
to 20 TO the cottage. Here Morley had pre-
pared the last resting place for his nttie
pupil, and on the grave he placed block
OF sandstone, with her name carved by bis
own hand.
The hrother's s grief was terrible. although
silent Not a word did he utter when
Morley tried TO comfort him. For several
days he was seen sitting beside his sister s
grave, his head covered by his blankets.
Then he disappeared.
Excitement ran high in the garrison
when one morning the report spread like
wilGfire that Morley was found in his
cottage dead, his throat having been cut
with a sharp, keen-edged instrument, and
no clue rs to his murderer The Indian
scouts, under their chief, secured tie c"gr-
try, but no trace or sign could he found,
the chiefs Of al the sGb-tribes were called
together by the commanding officer, WHO
held Morley in great esteem, and was bent
| on having the murderer brought TO justice
But great as was the excitement over Nor
ley's death. still greater was the aston
ishment when one morning the SCOUTS
brought in Yucca she, Tie brother of To-
ni-tah as the Self-cOnfessed murderer OF
Morley
a court was caavene ed and the boy brought
before it, the principal chiefs being present
as a Jury No Interpreter was needed. as
the young Ia dian who stood before the court
accused OF having murdered his friend and
bancfacuor spoke, Wrote and read the Eng
lish language as flueu1ly as any OF his
Judges There he stood, calm and collect
ed His face expressed no sign OF the
| hravadu but the print of grief an mourning
was plainly visible in every line Of his
featuTes Asked by the Judge advocate. If
| he mad killed Frank Morley, the engineer
| OF the sawmill?' he camIy said Yes
And when asked, why he did so, and If
Morley had not always been friendly and
kind toward him and To-ni-Lah?' he sim
ply answered (and tears came into his eyes
ion
that Morley had been his best and only
| friend, and had been kind father and
teacher to both him and his sister; but
he knew that To-ni-tah loved Morley so
dearly that she could never be happy. even
in the home OF the Great Spirit, when away
from Morley. and himself remembe ring
Morleys teachings that both white and
red men would go TO the same place, when
| they lived and died in love and peace, he
concluded that in killing Morley he would
make them bot HAPPY and hav1n no doubt
| that he would be killed, they would then
all be together never to part any more.
| This statement made Il strong and synpa-
rhetic irnnresSion in Ills favor upun his
| Judges, and it was decided 10 sentence
| him to three years penal servitude aJ
| Alcatraz Island, Cal-'
While on the island Yuc-CA-she was d
| model prisoner, and the chaplain was great
| ly Interested In his instruction; he at
| tended regularly the evening school as
| well as the Sunday school and service,
and was deeply interested in tie study
! of the Bible, especially the parts relating
! to the promises OF the hereafter
| When liberated he returned to his tribe
/ and contrived to establish an instructive
| school for the children, to whom he ex-
pounded the teachings of Morley. And
every evening lie visited the grave of little
| To-ni-tah, where we first met him at the
| beginning of this story.
| T Il JORGENSES