The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-11-13
terpreter they talked much together.

terpreter they talked much together
Perhaps some drops Of white blood
mingled in the young Indians veins
inherited from some far-away ancestor
gave him the longing he now evinced
for civilization, the desire to try O
white mans life; perhaps Mr.. Blake's
arguments, representations, persua.
slons alone influenced the young, un.
tanned heart.
Be that as 1t may, Satucket, as he
was called, agreed to forsake the home,
the life of his fathers, and to place
himself unreseryedly in the hands of
this new-found friend. A certain light
ness of the red brow of the ordinary
Indian complexion in Satucket's case
made the plan proposed and afterward
adopted by Mr.. Blake feasible.
All that money, tutors, summary and
entire isolation from the Genes of his
youth, could do for the young Indian,
was done. 1t was not only book
knowledge that he had to gain, but al
most everything that comes naturally
to a white child Of cultured parents,
and there was so much to u%nlearn!
Now Mr.. Blake felt that the self-im-
posed task, interesting, delightful
withal, was most satisfactorily com
pleted. Young Blake had been taken
on a tour through many large cities
and fashionable watering places, and
everywhere had received most fatter-
ing attention from young and old.
The necessary papers had long been
made out. and Charles was as legally
Mr.. Blake's son as though of his own
flesh and blood. A happier father and
son it would have been hard to find.
With a heart overlooking with pride,
triumph and thankfulness, Mr.. Blake
set sail for his native shores, unvisited
for the past eight years. That he was
returning with an adopted son his
friends in the old country knew, they
had had to be told this, but to stran-
gers, the adoption, like the rest of his
sons life before he was his son, Mr..
Blake kept a profound secret.
Among the passengers was a young
girl, n more perfect blonde than is
often seen in Britain, or even, except in
childhood, in America. A sweet young
English maiden, timid, modest, lovely
in every way. A child who had never
before been away from her mothers
side, from the protecting shadow of her
wing, until now, returning from a
short visit to America with her father.
To her Charles was unhesitatingly at
tracted; the older men found many in
terests in common, and the four spent
many happy hours or this ~pleasantest
of voyages on a summers sea.
Amy's sweet face grew sweetet day
by day, a faint rose tint glowed in the
pure Wilderness of her cheeks. Charles
dark face became really handsome,
an animation utterly unknown
The result of this acquaintance a
easily be foreseen. Many were the
promises exchanged by the young pair.
The fathers parted with Of
continued friendship.
Charles Blake was received in En-
gland as cordially as he or Mr.. Blake
could possibly desire. Before n year
had gone by the marriage eminently
pleasing to all concerned took place,
and Charles and Amy settled down in
Mr.. Blake's handsome home, with APP
parently every prospect CT a long and
happy life therein.
Mr.. Blake's cup Of happiness was
now full and running over. For n time
all went well, but there was an intiu
ence Mt work busily undermining this
fabric of happiness, which not
the nearest and dearest, most for
tunately, suspected.
Even before he left the ship. when
away from Amy, Charles had had mo
ments when the longing for freedom
had been almost insuppOrtable. In all
The years Of his new mode OF life,
though ever more or less conscious OF
this desire, he had never felt 1t so
strongly. for his had been a very busy
life, but as he was being taken day b.
LAY further and further from his M.
tive land, a wild impulse often came
over him to leap into the sea, TO breast
the highest waves, to make the most
desperate efforts possibly to regain his
lost freedom, to see nee more nis, own
home, never rs dear as now
when It seemed lost to him forever.