The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1905-01-28
Selett Stprg.
THE WHITE CAPTIVE.

love has driven men Co make inul- ui
thrm-,.,,~. tn despair, to suicide and to
le,,l, .i h,raiSm aud fame. Love drove
paIley Srsfle ra the iar frontier 60 seek
Fortune ana thereby ageDec himself upou
thv proud zjrl who caluy said % him
Really. believe luye yoa. MI
~elrlr ju ilsf. may have eucoura-el yau-
ha. ms heart d..~ mat control nv h'aj
lai cauut s1sri6s" my iuturr by mar
ryug q pa.r man. handsome AMI ta~giuai
To-. though yau are
Aud th,. from the woman hc bad made
his ideal and idol fer whom be- hai won
rhr hnuur. ~ rs, clas- st West Point. aud
bad haIyl ,a win fgr his witr Nt once
be- asked 20 be sent to an srmy pust Ia the
West snd vi. rrgue~, was grlliticd WITH
the chagre- loa. that tle life that be found
u.t varth the living without Kate lang
lcy Iaye-wauld h., quickly terminated
b. an Indian arrow
The man uho is booking for trouble al
wa,s finds jt. anl Iacuiesant p,Edlcy
>slrlc oi thr cavalry quickly got into the
thick 81 u. fllly Is mUyh as even his de,-
fagatsan required. gar the Indian, werc on
the warpath. soldier ~ralps we're az pre-
,nisn Though RECKLESS in the extreme
chs yuuug ujhgrr seemed to bear one Il.
those charmed HIVES writers Of aci.pn Ike
% haFp 90 iuF their heroes Tie cane ou,
II each 6ehi nu-eaihcj while others fell
dead aui SuunsIgl about him And muFe,
Lieutenant Searlc ,plyndii eoargc won
honorable mention. promotion. and, m
s,me, a medal
Then came s romance arTa~> hts tralt-
Alone one day. be was .hot from ambush.
ilr charged into the timber upon hi, uu-
seen foe. bearing the arrow sticking in his
arm, checked hl- shot Just ~ time to pre-
vent shooting yCang rcl-kin girl. She
bad sent the srrow that had wounded him,
aud ,he ,guod az bay over an Oh chief,
who iu low tone began 10 chant hi death
song lseutrnau, Searlc saw that the
chief had a bullet shattered lee that he
wa- uuaFmed. and that the girl was un-
armed. Ia perfect English she said calm
ly. Come and Kin rs both
Struck by the pluck Of the glr, The
Lieutenant zangsi at her and ,aw that
she va, fair-gha, /, several shades tairer
that the average redskins and al-a that
she could not he oyer sixteen YEAR Of age.
Her story was >oon told. Tier father.
Chief Chi,pa hecomiug separated from
hi, brave, had been wounded, h.- horse
killed and she had come on the trail 80
learn hi- fate. Bu, her pony had run
away iu,t as she came Ulau the mighty
leader Of the SiouN, aud thus they were
both AZ the merry ol the paleIace. aud il
she failed 10 kill him with her las, arrow.
she expected death.
You are in bad luck, said the Lieu
tenant. but / Il give yoU a lift for 1t
I isn't in ms line to Kill wounded redskins
and sauaws. In do what | can Ca dress
/ the chief wound. and you can have my
/ horse and strike the trail for yoW village
( before some of the men find You. Here,
chief. Is 4 flask Of whi>Sey that will brace
I sou up. and my horse will carry You and
the girl with ease.
The chief aud hi, daughter were amazed
/ 10 be thu, treated hy foe bur silently
/ watched him dress the wounded Ieg, after
/ which he led up his horse took the old
. warrirr in hi stmu, arms and placed HIM
gently IN the saddle. raising the -id to q
seat behind him and said
Now. make tracks for your village
| before You are seen and sen, on the trail
to the happy hunting grounds
/ on started the Spleuded cavalry horse
/ with his double load while Lieutenant
/ Searie struck oft on foot for the fort, forty
| miles. The Lieutenant received a rebuke
/ from hi, colonel for not bringing Chief
/ Chi>pa 10 the fort as a hostage, hut his
/ heart had dictated his humane act. and he
/ was not to be turned down for it.
| Some ten days later the Lieutenant ;
horse. saddle and bride, blanket and hay
ersack were found by sentinel at dawn at
/ the fort : entrance. and Searle felt sure
the Indian girl had brought or sent them
Fback to him However, no trail could be
/ found. hut the fact that the animal was
hitched securely proved that he could not
have gotten away from the redskins and
returned alone.
Camping one night, while out on a scout
with his company, and near the Indian
village Of which Chispa was chief, Lieu
| tenant Searle suddenly saw blanketed
form approaching his camp fire,
70 his surprise he beheld the Indian
| girl whose arrow had slightly wounded him
| some months before
Star Ewes has come to tell the White
| Chief that he is on the death trail, for by
daybreak hundreds of braves will guard
the passes in this valley, and he and his
men will be killed Let him 90 at once,
for Star Eyes tongue is not crooked
She would not heed his call to her but
silently glided away in the darkness.
| Let no one tell me of Indian dishon-