The Savannah morning news., 1901-04-07

one; Lawuree for the traveller Kateet Is
| the name usually given to the Oldest boy)
mo one knew where the Two-face had
| his lodge. No one ever followed him on
his home trail. When he was near no
one dare go out of doors at night unless
there was big moon. Once the Two-face
took a boy and put him far away into
his ear" He looked at Kateet Il Will
tell you about It," Little Kateet shiy-
cred.
HE was a bad boy" Kateet looked
down and edged away; the others grin
ned, and a squaw rearranged the sticks
on the fire so that the flames leaped
higher. lighting up even the dark cor
ners.
Now, once in the Kitkehah village,
there was an old man and his squaw who
had a lodge to themselves, and all the
child they had was a headstrong boy. He
was like a young colt One night he
was very bad minded, and when his
mother told him to tend the fire while
she went down to the river he pulled his
blanket over his head and sat still, SO
that when she came back she found moth
ing but few Goals, and 1t was very cold
for II was winter. IT took her long time
to cook her husband something to eat
that night.
80 she said to the boy: I will put
you out of the lodge and the Two-face
will throw you into his ear She told
him that to brighten him and TO make
him mind, for she had never seen the
Kiriskeetiks; she had only heard OF him,
and did not believe the stories she had
heard.
"He did not heed her, so she seized
him; he kicked and cried; but she pushed
him out Of the lodge and said: 'Two-face,
come and get him. and she buttoned the
entrance tight shut
ut was cold and dark outside there;
not one star could be seen; and the wind
cried The poor boy ran whining around
the lodge. lie did not know how to call
his grandfathers dhe spirits Of the dead
to help him. so soon all was silent there
in the darkness.
"rhen his mother was afraid; she be-
gan TO weep, and she went to hunt for
him She ran around the lodge and down
by the river, up the running water ana
Dc wn, and far to the cottonwood forest.
She looked among the horses. But no
where could she find him outside OF che
lodge. Something had eaten him up.
THE next morning she and her husband
went to the Kltkehah village to seek him
pmOng the people. They asked every ono
concerning him, but no one had seen
him anywhere about. So they went back
- their lodge and the mother went out
on the little hill behind the lodge and
walled many days for her son.
zone night, when her husband was
asleep, the mother sat by the fire In tbs
lodge weeping. Suddenly she heard some
che mockingiy say, "Heen, Heen, you
said 10 me Spirit take that one 'Heen,
been. heen. This was said many times.
Then she noticed a ringing OF small bells
a. the Klriskeetiks walked along.
''Then she shook her brave head and
said: Husband. ! think now that q spirit
has aaken my boy lie said; Yes, you
gave the boy 10 F0ur-eyes, and. o. course.
the devil-splrit took him. Why DO you
weepY u serves you right ana then b.
turned over ana went 10 sleep.
'1'he next day fhe told her husband
"T0-nlnht ! viii hide Ny the wood-plie
ana II ibe 1No=facf comes Z viii have
knife 81 my hand, and after I catch
him by fhs leg { VIII Gail YOU. Thea
ygu come VI onee. You must heip ms