The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-11-10
CHAPTER v.
Ringwold and Sankala.

'How did you make it at school to
day, my child?"
"Just fine, except that Hazel Seado,
was more rude than ever. My father
l am kind to Hazel. do not antago
nize her Intentionally, and yet she
seems to 6ispise me. She fiaunts the
fact in my face that her father owns
many fshtraps and has a cannery and
that they are rich, while my father il
a common fisherman, is old and poor
and lives in a cabin, and they live in a
big house with glass windows, and have
piano.
Father, don't care for this. j
am happy with you. l don't envy
Hazel, and why should she dispise me
ABOVE all others?"
My child, there is an intuition
sometimes that tells us more than we
know. There is often a guilty con-
science that is handed down to posterity
and while the posterity knows not
what it is, it feels it keenly. In the
case between you and Hazel her intu-
ition tells her that something is wrong !;
that your existence is dangerous to her
welfare and yet she does not know
why. If you knew the facts, child,
you would understand, you would un-
derstandi"
''Tell me, father. Why does Hazel
feel this way toward me-"
81 will not tell You all now, but 1
can tell you much. 1 have a long
time contemplated telling you about
yourself, but you are yet young-too
young to grasp the meaning of the
things OF a wicked world.
"But you are old enough now to
know who you are, who am and what
the future may be to you"
"Why, father, know who l am.
l am Sankala, you are Father Ring
void and my future shall be devoted
10 my dear father. You know you are
getting too old to pull the boat, father,
and they say it does not look so we'll
for girls to mingle with the fishermen,
but l shall help you at the oars and I
nets until have completed my educa-
ton and then / will teach school or
keep books or do something that girls
should be respected for doing and take
care of my dear old father"
There was long pause. The griz-
Eled old man sat in one corner of the
cabin gazing into an open fireplace fed
by pieces of dritfwood CT various sizes
and length. These had been gathered
from the beach by the girl upon her
arrival from school.
As the child busted herself with the
dishes and light housekeeping the old
man sat deeply absorbed. He was {
of the past. An inky dark I
ness prevailed outside. A stiff wind c
hurled sheets of mist upon the roof G
which fell from the caves in heavy t
drops. Z
As the wind arose and whistled
around the corners of the cabin the
bid man startled as if awakened
rom terrible experiences of the past
1t was small structure nesting in b
he tall timbers near he beach, scant- r.
ly furnished. A few cooking utensils d
m the open fireplace were used for pre- n
'aring the meals. A large bed and o.
mall couch furnished the sleeping 81
uarters in the same room. Though fc
be place was much crowded, every
hing was kept as neat as a pin. &C
The man was nearing his four score 81
nd ten. The girl was few days 81
asst fifteen. She bore a refined air in 81
pite of her surroundings. Her cloth pt
1g was of the cheapest kind, yet it ca
as clean. Her garments were not
lade in the latest style, still they were in
eat. Her hands and feet were small ge
he oh a.
toll. Her eyes were older than m
lose of most girls of fifteen, but they da
ere no less beautiful. They looked
Yep into things with an intelligence sh
I'd innocence that commanded re- XII
ect. tn
"Yes, Sankala, told you l would fol
II you some but not all. The Seadogs Th
not like us. They do not know Gu
by, but there is an intuition that 1
lis them we are dangerous to their do
,lfare. Those letters you have
ought me from the postoffice all VIC
csc years are bringing to a consum- ths
,tion the plans which have go long anc
cupied my time. 1t has been Chi
ig and tedious duty but it shall be VIII
rformed ere the last spark shall leave owe
}. not
'Sankala, you have been told the wis
ny of the shipwreck by the old aws
men time and again. have seldom not
,ken of it. 1t is link in the story dis,
your life that ID Of the greatest i'm I
rtance to you. old
Il am the only person living that gre,
ows you. l am the only person Col
ing that knows the facts which shall ="
ne day make you free from poverty. said
iich shall enable you to live the life mao
It you deserve-will enable you to had
nplete your education and to out en- '
ne Hazel Seadog and all Of the Sea- cou,
IamIiy- prof
They are sailing under false his
mes, Sankala, they are sailing I'M his
false plumes. They are wearing cont
t which of right belongs to others. tbro
'Sankala, have always passed as to h
II father. l love you better than a ten
ler ever loved bis child. The idea the
walls among the fisherman that only tbei
r mother was drowned and that l char
r aged father, who had taken a the