The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-11

down by the lips as long as our people
lie as : separate people. And. and
! he loves me. too. would not break his
| hesrt"' Finley bowed an unwilling assent
when Coosa-Saukee ceased speaking,
kissed the girl again. and waited
Spring blosoned into full summer, and
fruitful autumn came on apace. The old
| man Gozed in the sun or crept about the
little field. breathing the medicine OF the
/ soil and talking 10 his daughter OF those
oldere days. which held all that has been
significant TO him He babbled OF that
past young life. row gone forever from
| his sight
No, no. boy. cannot leave ny father
now Coosa-saukee reiterated. The
long winter would kill him If could not
sit BY the FIRE with him and hear his
talk"
Finley chafed at the waiting. He had
never denied himself a desire. and now
the self-deniaI was hard. 4 vague unrest
came over him. an insiduous voice vTis-
pered that the girl was playing with him.
His code was rough, elemental one, in
which possession followed close on desire.
and love was rare, sudden fame that
must be fed to survive. When he talked
TO Coosa-Saukee, the whispering voice
voice was stiii-he felt the colder, purer
fame that glowed IN her bosom. The
romance OF life took its shading from the
speech that rang last in his ears.
The long winter passed slowly for the
two young men who paid court 10 the
girl, slowly for the girl. who was torn by
her love for the cowboy and her devotion
for her father But 10 old Coweta-saukee
it passed swiftly enough 1t was good TO
have a daughter 10 keep the FIRE roaring
in the big stone fireplace. and 1t was
good to have Standing Bear come riding
like dutifuI son TO listen 10 his remem-
orations- To Finley. who laughed gayly
with Coosa-Saukee when there was 10
apparent cause for merrimeRt, the old
man had little to say. But the girl was
happy with Finley. and that was ample
reason for welcoming him.
Wait, wait. q little while yet boy. for
my father cannot let me GO For year
the young cowboy had paid court faith
fully 10 the Indian girl. but now the old
fever Of desire famed up anew. the lure
Of a new, young spring was out And al
ways the silent, stolid full-blood was as
Coosa- Saukee's shadow
It was the sixth night Of the green corn
dance-the night OF Standing Bears tri-
umph- This second year Of leadership
had set firm at the head OF his clan
had freed him from the shadow Of Cove
ta-Sauee's wand. The old man. fauked
oy his daughter. watched the long file
OF dancers circle the roaring fires. and
mumbied the songs contentediy. At the
girls shoulder sat young Finley. fascinat-
ed by the spectacle: and he knew that
II was the night Of the Indian lovers
triumph
The light from the two bonhres that
burned with the beaten earth arena far
ed UP to touch the young oak leaves 70
a yellow sheen. The sparks few Up
ward. dying TO flny enbers.in the smoke
column that bent here and there as the
wind caught It above the tree-tops. The
chant Of the feasters, gorged with the
rresh-eooked game from the big steaming
pots, rose higher and higher. The hours
fed by. Midnight passed by in q cres-
eendo OF song, and the morning erept
on to the measured tread Of the dancers.
Old Coweta-Saukee watched, wafetul
AMI brisht-eyed, until the dawn paled the
freight The sirl sang with the deyotees.
though she chung TO young Finley and
whispered her love to the crackle Of blaz-
ing sticks.
The cowboy only half understood the
meaning OF the devotional dance-be
thought Of it hardly more than a pic
turesque setting for the girl he loved
Before the daylight came. ne drew Coosa-
Saukee away from her place and asked
her plainly whether she would marry
him on the morrow
Ny God. girl. I've waited for We long
enough. now. Ye shall make it YES or no
this night" Finley was in a masterful
mood.
All, you should not ask that. boy
came the reluctant answer For me
and my people it is not a time for marry
ing And you know my father claims nc
yet. Boy. you must wait"
BY heaven. ye're playin with ne. nv
girl-Tll not stand it" FinIey's voice
rose, angry and excited. Suddenly a form
loomed out of the shadows, and Standing
Bear faced the cowboy.
The white man must not saw that
no one shall say that Coosa- Saukee PLAYS 1
with any man. The full-blood was 'front.' 1
ing the distant FIRE. and its glow was in (
tensihed in his eye Pat Finley was never (
a coward, but that big, square shoulder /
ed, threatening presence coming up TO
him with no sound OF warning sent him /
beck a step and cooled his petulant an
ser.
What are you doing here. Standing (
Bear?" the girl questioned. speaking in 4
her native tongue The Indian answered. /
I saw you come out win the white .
man, Coosa SaUkee. and followed. It's
ms right
You have a right TO spy on me- 7
shall marry the white man In her con-
fessiou. which was more. defiant declar- 4
alton. there was d ring Of joy that was
not mar-ed even by the memory OF Fin 4
ley's last wonas-
But / do not now that he viii marry
YOU" The fuil-blood turned TO the COW
boy and asked brunly. why have you
not married Cooss- Sauke4
God knows broke out Finley. ii is
the thing I want" Here the girl IL
terrupted
As that OF ne. Standing Bear. ask
ny father: ask yourself You know that
I am arst daughter TO a weak cid MAJ.
whose life IS lived through ue. Il would
kin ny fatheT-aad It cannot be long that
ve must wait. And love viiI last a loae
time, long time-for ever Tau 90 not
know. Standing Bear. for Il is the cook ?
ms the children. the fre-yorr love is
.hat. ard it Is ccid IL rear But II
znow-I know that II is the greatest Song
mat was ever chanted; that i VII 20
ln for ever IN The heart. that It VI,
make the eyes bright uHt.i--. Love.
know VII rot de With the grass stand
ag by Fia,ey. she was beautiful. the