The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-06

nave. returned to your own land and
, married The white maiden, she whom
you 10, love TO look upon in the book Of
TIL The storskeeper bit his lip. He was
We S3d as man could, be. but he wassnot
1T is even 50, Mepatla,p he answerea;
Shaa y not been for you should have
gone 10. Ifly-sQ OWN country when the liar-
vest Is over, ana married the girl whose
likeness you have seen" Then falter-
ngly IT she would have meH' $780,
Inc piacK girl broke into mirthless
laugh that grated -harshly on his ear =
~. oaia pela' she said, sleep Well"
-Ipena ,Wlth sudden gravity, she held out
her hand to him, and as he TOOK it in
both bis own, land drew her closer to
him, she lifted her face and kissed him
fun upon the~mouth 80. 80
''Sala pela, Mopatia." he said, 'sto-
morrow with the rising of the sun
shal seek your father in the kraal, ana
tell ile, MN that want you for my wite!T
come not tomorrow" she answered.
wait gbutsone day more that [ may give
word to my father of your coming!s
Then lShes dreWl herself from his yem-
brace, and with a wave of the hand
disappeared quickly onto the night:
Left alone, Harry Robbins sought his
little room behind the store but he
bum OF photographs, and when the first
gray light of morning looked into MS
room 1t saw him sitting there ssleePlesS
and haggard, but resolved.
/ Slowly the day passed by, and when
Mopatla came not he thought it was her
modesty that kept her away, thought
that she was Waiung unt1l-ne mad s1,oa-
ca toe her father before She came agafn
Upon the following day, with thestrst
CLEAN of thegsun, he roseg and, shssyi 4g
taken his plunge in the river, Was
walking slowly towards the middle OF
the. 7kraaIs Where stood the old Chiefs
nut AT the entrance to its court Yard
stood the Chief himself and he greeted
the storekeeper heartily. The white
man returned his greeting and. taking
the old eehbef by the, arm led HIM away
from the ihuts to the space beyond where
the great cactus plant formed a natural
harbor.1E Then with pale face, butt firm.
set lips, he said: 81 would speak to
thee, o chief of Mopatla, of Mopaua,
Is thy daughter!'' A look of surprise came
over the old mans face, and before the
other eeHl d continue, he said: fsMopaHa,
my daughter, has but now, just before
the rising of the sum- left the kraal, ana
she also has charged me with a mes
sage for thee Know then, o WHIT,
One, that Mppatla, whom so many have
desired IN marriage, has at last accepted
d husband, and yesterday 1t was made
known throughout the kraal that the
young chief, Mokhath, will take her to
wife; even now she Journeys in wagon
with her mother towards his kraal
which lies four days distant ; to the
north, whether I also go tomorrow
swiftly upon my horse. And to thee,
White One she babe me give greeting
and these words: Truly can MopafIa
read the minds of men, and that thou
knowest! Now myself knew not. the
meaning of these words, but the, maiden
has said. @The fWhiteaone will under
standr g ID -
And the White One understood. And
when, later in the day he sat in the lit
tie room behind the store, looking, with
his heart in his eyes, upon the photo
graph Of a girl Gin the book of faces
"a girl in white muslin dress and
rose-trimmed hat-theres were marks
upon its pages as Of tears. -