Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-05-28
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Nadula clip4l4 tie shuttle tightly
in her lsoHn ipi4ers aai woke tn
scarlet tlre j IN ard cut, @c.uae secias
for the aag.y Tears nat .ail.ed ire@
under tia b...sg., CERTAIN oil l.ur lasics
Wahna, away lsahna. Ii'ai,, there
was never 4 g.on@.t of he IGt ~.
weayi..g 81 biaakels and tny baking OF
the tcitiiia.
A Jingle Of beads $40 the patter Of
moccasined feet. rs N3hna parted thc
sl:ius that hyaG az the door of the
chiefs tc.lt Wei! laighg thcy call her
Princess Wahna the Moon Madden
tall ana sligllt, with mouth like the
pomegrana,e flower and :: voice like
the fafoH chime of the mission bells.
Nadula liftad her heGa :iad shot y
contemptuoGs glance ovor tie girls
slight figure, gay with wampum, ell;
teeth and the giisteuiD& beads from tine
white traders, with which NeIas loved
to decorate his best loved child. Idle,
always i'll : ahc lAa.tercd to herself.
But she Suli.Gi and called cut cHaaiilT
as Na!ind cs,.., tos.'a 4 hcr. Hail.
daughter Of tie great chief. How Co.'s
our father since the mofhinE:
Wannl's delicate face w;is grave ana
e0rrowfui. hp medicine nan hath
been with him. and the evil spirits Will
not depart though they have made the
white Sniofl OF The fire anger To rise
unlil Cur f:.lhcr could be:u il no longer.
lie is feeble, and tlie Breath comes
slowly. Nc calls for thcc.'
Nadula arose to her full height and
let the unfinished blanket fail 10 the
ground, where it lay. a Gleam OF goF-
geous color in the setting sun. Inside
the hut Of skins lay the chief, ghastiy
in the shifting shadows OF the eagle
plumes III the great war bonnet that
hung above his head The massive fig
IRE stretched hc,piessly upon its couch
Of buffalo skins was pitifully wasted
with disease. He reached out his arms
tn Wanna and. holding her enclrclsd,
said to NaQula. who stood proudly
oIoof In the uncertain light:
"Daughter, it is not our custom to
chow ought of feeling. AS the quiet
river rupneth deeply. so we OF the OF
tawas have kept our love and our
vengeance. Eut thou knowest what
the Moon Maiden hath been to me,
child Of tho paleface mother. and it
hath seemed wise that the maid should
know a gcr:!er lie than the women of
the ottav-as Thou knowest how she
has been taught in their schools and is
nran,iSe(i 10 the Young captain|
Nadolu laughed. Short and bitter, it
rnrsed the diving man. and he raised
unon one elbow TO peer into her face.
Nodula bent over him. "NIy father, as
the shadows. gather thou art a child
a,oin, The white man hath sought
our Wanna FOR a moon perhaps, but
when there is talk OF wedding he will
return to his own again. When has the
paleface dealt otherwise with the
daughters of the forest?' The mock
ing voice paused for the answer.
Something of his strength came back
to the old chief as ha half raised him
self and pointed to the doorway GO,
sernent. The black finger is upon thy
heart. Go. ana when l ride down tho
west remember | leave Wanna in thy
keeping and do thou see the right of it,
else thou knowost what has been, what
will be, when thy tribe shall held the
trs ;tor"
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