The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-16
Stories of an Inland State

Misty Dawn superintended the prepare
tons for her last dinner in civilization The
snowy cloth gl;stened under the light from
| the candelabra: the polished tumblers dane
led in interminable reflections and the flower
piece in the center spent its delicate per-
fcme through the room.
Grace dressed herself plainly and powd-
| cred away the signs Of her weeping.
/ Misty Dawn arrayed herself in the goss-
amery ball dress and stood long before the
glass. Her rounded arms were bare he.
| shoulders marble white, her long hair dress
| ed high upon her proud head, poised on a
long Queenly neck
Long before the glass she stood training
| the wisps Of hair about her high forehead
! arranging and re-arranging her dress. She
smiled at the image in the glass. noted
| her pearly teeth and a real smile sprang
| from a mechanical one. She ran her hand
over the gentle curves Of her glowing neck
ard shoulders. tossed her head coQuettish-
| ~, lifted her round arms to the glass. turn
ed them slowly: dropped them before her;
raised them as in prayer. They were very,
very beautiful She raised her hands be-
fore her, spread the fingers apart. clasped
them together and glowed over the soft,
plump fulness of her graceful wrists.
She savage. She negress- What II
she WERE Could he withstand her beauty?
| She was very beautiful. She puckered her
| lips to kiss and tossed her head and laugh
ed again unsteady. How very, very beauti-
| full she was What a grand woman. How
| fascinating her eyes. She half closed them
and dreamed at the image in the glass be-
| fore her and curled her lips dangerously.
Could he resist?
The image in the glass faded before her.
She clasped her hands. Must she then give
| him up? She cried: "Will," and hid her
| face in her hands. She must give him
up. One kiss and then he must 90. One
| touch of his hands and he must go. One
| heartbeat against hers and he must go. and
she must go-where? Where must she so?
She dropped her hands in the folds of the
beautiful dress. The dagger. How cold 1t
vas.
She looked again IN the glass. How beau
t:ful she was.
She stepped back close to the lamp with
look Of infinite sadness She held her white
wrist to the light and the blue veins shown
plainly through the snowy white, trans
parent skin.
There the blood flowed on; the blood with
the negro faint The blood that did not
change a feature, or alter the heart; the
blood that gave her life. that animated her
transcending eyes. that flushed her queen
ly face. that moved her form, that made
her resistless invitation. but repealed him
whom of all. alone she would choose.
A servant came to tell her they were
waiting. She took one long look into the
mirror and swept down the stairs and into
TIE drawing room. Grace and Will both
arose from their seats and stared at the
wonderful vision before them. Grace was
as much taken back as Will. She had never
expected to see woman as beautiful as
Misty Dawn.
The young man stepped forward and then
faltered
Grace grasping the situation quickly said:
Let US go to the table,
So they passed out. Grace sat at the
head and Misty Dawn and VIII were seat
ed opposite.
Quickly Misty Dawn gave her lover a
smile and the young man fixed his eyes
upon her as one under spell.
Then with a sigh Misty Dawn collapsed
as the Indian girls did in the school. She
leaned over on the table and let her head
lunge forward on her chest. The soup she
was eating dribbled down on her chin. She
Gid not use her napkin. She bit of huge
piece of bread and began talking with her
mouth full. She rolled her bare arm across
the cloth and upset q glass of wine upon
the marble arm, upon the cloth, upon the
ball dress.
Grace with keen politeness talked rapid
ly of something else to permit the stupid
girl to regain her composure.
took it up in her hands and began to eat 1t
voraciously. talking in loud boisterous
way.
This isn't the way we eat 1t on the res
eryation." she went on loudly. I'VE eat
It raw there. We eat it as il grows. Ha.
Har'
then averted his face. Grace dropped her
head.
She threw her arms about and upturned
her coffee in her lap.
She grasped her dress and cried:
'I believe I have burned my leg. Ha,
Ha"
The young people went on eating hurried
ly as though escape lay in that direction.
Misty Dawn's voice rang in a loud laugh.
civilization" she cried, lis no good
She struck out a piece of jelly with
spoon and stuck it into her mouth. part OF
dropping on her white shoulder and re-
naming there.
when we eat beef on the reservation"
she said loudly again. I'VE do not trouble
the cook Oh no, We do not trouble the
cook. We shoot down cow and cut her
open and sit right down there and eat her
up raw
Grace coughed violently and stopped eat
ing.
And where's the difference" cried Misty
Dawn This is cow-the same cow-per-
haps a reservation COW. I see the cook
has left il partly raw-rare-Why not leave
il entirely so? The rawer the better. Give
me raw meat. Ha, Ha, Give 10 me fresh
from the warm beast. There is warmth
IN nature your civilized cooks with range
can not duplicate. Ha! Ha-'
Misty Dawn planted her elbows far In
on the cloth and rested her chin on her
hands, stretching her limbs beneath the
table.
.'wynants," she said. would you like
beef that way? Ha. Ha.'
He did not answer.
nlockirgly.
He remained silent.
But l shall make you love ne Ha! Hs,
You shall love me. / shall teach you 10
eat the meat raw Ha, Ha. From the
COW Ha Har'
Another glass OF wine fell over staining
the cloth pink.
Misty Dawn kept her position with her
chin on her hands
Look into my eyes. VIII, she cried
And tell me DO you love me truly
Her voice had nellowed, the harshness
vss gone; the hooking tone had dtss.pated-
The young man raised his head slowly,
looked a. her and rising. turnet away