The evening times., 1898-05-10

love shuffled up the hearts and made a
m,sdeal. but nobody objected at the time
and the consequences did not develop
until later. Chaska proved an ardent
wooer. and Miss Fellows was completely
infatuated by the doubtful charms of the
red man. So they were married.
1t was all very romantic. but not very
practical. For awhile the romance con-
tinued. but for a very short while. The
conditions were too unfavorable.
Miss Fellows soon discovered her mis-
take Her lord and master, her child OF
nature did not prove TO be exactly what
she had anticipated. She gradually be-
gan to feel that the friends who had
warned her against taking the plunge
had at least some ground for their OBJ
jections Already they were beginning TO
say. II told you So"
And Chaska? Well. Chaska was an
Indian. despite his veneering of civiliza-
ton. AT first he paid court to MS wife
after the manner of the white man. but
this didn't last long. His comrades taunt-
ed him. They couldn't understand why
a man should be at the beck and call OF
a woman. They rhought the conditions
should be reversed. And so they called
him .'squaw man.
That was more than Chaska could
stand. He was an Indian and he was
proud. The indignity ranked in his
breast. His veneering of civilization wore
off. The true Indian nature asserted 1t
self and the condition of affairs was re-
versed. Chaskas wife was no longer his
pet. She became his slave. She reached
the level of the wives of Chaska's COM
panions.
And then the love of this white woman
for her dusky husband began to wane.
Gradually she was forced to realize the
awful mistake she had made. She had
been one of those unfortunate women
with an ideal, and. after the manner of
such women. she was loath to realize
that her ideal was shattered. But she
was forced to 1t in the end.
There were numerous quarrels. In the
meantime family of half-breed children
had appeared on the scene. and these the
mother, with a true mothers devotion.
cared for. But finally affairs became SC
unbearable that she decided to leave
him.
Then the kind friends who had all along
said, Il told you So wagged their heads
wisely and said IL was the only thing to
do. But her disgraces We're not yet over.
"All right said Chaska. If you go
get another"
That was not very comforting And
Chaska did get another. With a woman
of his own tribe he lived on the Santee
reservation. and there were more chill
uieii' put tiiis time tney were not nalf-
breeds. They were full-blooded Santees.
Then Mrs. Chaska nee Cora Belle Fell
lows, went home to Missouri. thoroughly
convinced that her efforts to reclaim the
benighted. heather race in general, and
one specimen in particular, had been fu-
tile.
The divorce courts had been open to her
but she had not knocked at their doors
She was woman with an abnormal
sense of moral responsibility. She pre-
ferred to wait. and she has not waited in
vain Chaska returned to the ways of his
class. just as water finds its own level
He became thief He was arrested and
thrown into prison. And now he has
taken his own life.
There are more problems than one back
Of this romantic story. There is the
family of half breed children. What of
them? Figure it out in your own mind.
u you are able.