The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-04-01

search the low. Level
prairie for such a light, sandy place as
would coax the tender roots To spread pro-
fusely through the rich and mellow soil
Above, the long fronds of polished green
or the branching hracken might wave
fiStlcssly In tho passing breeze, but below
were the rich stores from which they
drew their sustenance and well the sno-
Qualmie sqpaws knew this They had
wandered far for they had much root to
dis 90 MI all the hungry mouths at home
ana SO Il happened that when night drew
ont hor sable blanket the stars looked
down In surprise at tho TIVE squawA SO
far away from their own people Whom
the time came for rest they made their
bed upon the breast OF Mother Earth
for were they not her childrcnl As they
Kaxed into the fathomlcs8 depths OF space
and scanned the countless stars that gilt
tered like dewdrups on the great leaves OF
the shadow world, there cTcpt upon them
sense OF lonesomeuess and longing
for eompanionShlP The younger woman.
looklng straight up, hchod glorious star
that gittered in the heavens IKE a point
or living iixhI 10 seemed very chief
among stars ans the little stars cluls-
tered closely a6out it as do the tribesmen
about their chief And she cried out:
oh. how ! like thai grca, star the
ehies % stars, ana how I would like such
Cor my own 20 BE- nv husbandr'
The heart 81 he older woman throheed
with pity, for on 10 itself she beheid a
tiay, ugiy. fed star liis light WAS palr
and nicksriRs as though about 60 SO out
Ne stars clustered about him and he
swsng qnite alone throuEh the crystalline
night. Pity and sympathy Eushrd up IN
the heart ~ Tire older woman aa xtlshes
milk frota The mothers breast. and she
ertsd.
oh. the rod STAR ifia ash, Is weak
his heart - heavy ana lone. t.w ! wish
this one for ny husband Ard woult Z
not cause HIM g. hc less lonesome TAeu
yea would see bis ashi bgEu AS priEhtly
ana hFavsiy as abe ljEht % thr s,ar-chsct
himself How l Nis0 him"
-. vita their wishes alone Tor company.
the two W0tnca az !ast sank CD sllmtrr
On the open. an3 10 MAS t7su thAt the
stars Camn down ta earth ta Slain lsetr
self-cengessc1 hgllea 70 VAS as each hsd
wished. The younEtr woman secured hye
h~Aatieal star husband and che oI1tr W.
man hcr facAte ans nicAeyiog rr5 star.
HUSBAND lsa' as thc tswu ca-3e casa
Hooked upon her huSba ad ia surprise The
ugly, rcd star CHANGED Co o. a strvas a.d
handsome youax man. tlu ot the ute- a
n lHsty youth greatly Co the delight ~ the
Indian maidoA who had thus nasltci pe{-
ter than she knew lsut She other star.
the handsome one. proved 20 te au akly.
dried W, half l&fc.oss old Man iA wh1sn
the Hercc trcs 81 youth had burucl 81
ash lie was nearly blind. ana his halle
closed eyes were ain aud nsattery. ne
was old and qurrulauS much 10 the 3ls-
gust Of the youthful bride, who hA3 al
ready Tepcptei her rash choice As the
day showed signs OF Srcakiug the celestial
bridegrooms took the women 60 their say
land home t. dwell with them
Day dawned and morning came but the
women returned not 10 their people. As
the day wore on their troubled kiusVr "a
secured the prairie tn search 81 them
on as far as the eye could reach stretched
the level plain. unbroken by the habita-
Gons OF either the living or the dead The