The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-13
ARRIVING
Chapter x-Continued.

Chapter x-contlnued.
1T was in battle.
MY child died in battle? How long
have I been ill?"'.y
More than a year, Eagle
And he died in battle?'
''He had a wound in his side. He was
brought into the fort, and l took care
Of him"
She burst out weeping. and laughed and
wept, the tears running down her face and
wetting her bosom.
My boy My little son! You held him!
He died like a man.
I put her on the settle, and all the
cloud left her in that tempest of rain.
Afterwards I wiped her face with my
handkerchief and she sat erect and still.
A noise Of many birds came from the
ravine, and winged bodies darted past the
door uttering the cries Of spring. Able
Edgeworth sauntered by and she saw
him. and was startled.
who is that?'
"A priest
when did he Gomez"
He rode here with me this morning"
Louis" she asked, leaning back, who
took care Of me?'
you have been with the Grgnons since
you came to the Illinois territory"
Am I In the Illinois territory"
Yes, I found you with the Grignons.'
''rhey must be kind people!'
They are; the earth's salt
But who brought me to the Illinois
territory?"
"a family named Jordan"
THE Indians didn't kill them?'
NO"
why wasn't I killed."
1.-The Indians regarded you with super
stition.''
What have I said and done?'
Nothing, madame, that need give you
any uneasiness."
But what did say?' she insisted.
You thought you were a Cloud
Mother"
"A Cloud Mother!" She was astonished
and asked. What is a. Cloud Mother
You thought was Paul, and you were
my CloudMother."
Did 1 say such foolish thing as that?"
Don't call it foolish, madame
II don't want to forget it,
Il don't wat to forget it,
But why are you in Illinois territory
sire?"
II came to find land for the Iroquois.
l intend to make a state with the tribe
But what of France?"
"Oh, France is over supplied with men
who want to make state Of her. Louis
XVIII. has been on the throne eleven
| months, and was recently chased off by
| Napoleon.
Louis XVIII. on the throne? Did true
! loyalists suffer that?''
"Evidently.'
Sire. what became Of Napoleon"
HE was beaten by the allies and sent
to Elba. Louis XVIII. was brought in
with professions. But in about eleven
months Napoleon made a dash across
| Franco
Tell me slowly You say I have been
ill more than a year. I know nothing Of
what has happened.
| Napoleon escaped from Elba, made a
| dash across France, and incidentally swept
| the Bourbons off the throne. The last
news from Europe shows him gathering
armies to meet the allies.
''Oh. sire. you should have been there.
| "Abbe Edgeworth suggests that France
is we'll supplied with dauphins also. Turn
| ing off dauphins has been pastime at
| court"
Able Edgeworth? You do not mean
the priest you saw at Mittau?
"Confessor and almoner to his majesty
| The same man.
rs he here?"
| "Ycu saw him pass the door,
why has he come to American"
| Il have not inquired
why Is he here with your
Because it pleases him, not me-"
He brings you some message?'
80 he says"
What is IT,"
II have not had time to ask
She stood up AS she became more
herself and the spirit rushed forward ir
her face, I saw how her beauty had rip
ened. Hoeing corn and washing In the
river does not coarsen well-born women
T knew should feel the sweetness Of hel
presence singing through me and follow
ing me wherever I went in the world.
| Call the priest in, sire. / am afraid
have hindered the interview
II did not met him with my arms open
madame"
had to say If had not been in your house
Why am I In your house?"
You came here
"Was I wandering about by myself?'
Yes, madame
II thought 1 must have been walking
When I came to myself I was so tired
and my shoes were muddy. If you wan
to see the priest l Will go into anotne
room.''
NO I will bring him in and let hin
give his message in your presence
When Able Edgeworth was presented
!; to her he slightly raised his eyebrows
but expressed no establishment at meeting
her lucid eyes. Nor did I explain-"Go
has given her back her senses in a night.
Inc position Ill WINCH o1Ao tooAAu AAoAee'
was trying. She made him grave cour
, tesy. My house might have been tn
, chateau in which she was born, so un
disturbed was her manner. Her nigh
wandering and sickness were sim
ply put behind us in the past, with he
having taken refuge in my house, as mat
! ters which need not concern Able Edge
worth. He did not concern himself wit
them, but bent before her as If he had n
, doubtOf her sanity.
> I asked her to resume her place on tn
settle. There was a stool for the abb
) and one for myself. We could see tn
river glinting in its valley, and the win
dows of heights beyond 1t. A wild be
darted into the room, droning, and GU
!, again. the sun upon its back.
. Monsieur" I said to Able Edgewortf
! II am ready now to hear the messag
whihc you mentioned to me last night"