The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-01
Love.Mad Tor the white suuaw.

The reader will feel shivers of appre-
henson when he comes to that point in
Ridgwell Cullom's story entitled in the
Brooding Wild IL. C. Page 4 Co. Boston .
where the brothers Ia phi and Nick Vest
ley. having partaken of ardent drink and
having bag OF gold to their account, hear
of the whereabouts Of the White Squaw,
ard decide to go in search Of her, A des-
perate undertaking. if there ia any trust
to be placed in the foreshadowings of 4
tale They found the White Sluaw. She
was as good looking as the accounts Of her
had declared. She stood in the door Of
a dugout. calm, serene. leaning on the
muzzle of long rifle. Fur crowned the
he'd which was nobly poised The face
was marble white, set in frame Of copious
black hair.
1t nigh, be supposed that a white squaw
in the depths OF a profo und Wilderness
would be moved by the appearance of two
white men full Of an obvious admiration
of her She might have been a red squaw
for all the concern that she showed. There
was not culver Of the delicate eyelids not
n tremor Of the perfect mouth" to reward
them for their trouble in coming in search
of her. Sho conversed with them in the
sign language. the while they regarded
her superb figure and her eyes of wondrous
blue. She was communicative and hospit-
able if not emotional We read
"She told that she was Amsa, which il
the Moosefoot for blue sky; and that she
was the White Squaw the queen of her
pcople. She indicated that she was out
on a long trail hunting, and that she had
found herself in this valley with a snow
storm coming on. She had seen the dug
out and had sought its shelter, intend
ing to remain there until the storm had
passed. She made it clear to them that
bull moose and four cows had entered tho
valley. She asked the brothers if, when
the storm had passed, they would join
her in the hunt.
Were Venus TO invite an unattached and
susceptible bachelor to tea, would he accept?
As it happened, this dugout belonged to
o two brothers. 1t was theirs to afford
the hospitality. 1t was all quite beauti-
full Two great rough men, with hearts
as simple and trusting as those Of infants,
led this stranger into their homo and made
it clear that the place was hers for 80 long
as she chose" The Spaniard says that
his house ia yours, and does not exactly
mean it, but our Ralph and our Nick meant
every word that they said about their
house in the sign language to the White
Sauaw. We do not consider that this
was so tremendously to their credit. It
is our opinion that any enlightened male
soul would have presented his dugout
to the White Squaw in exchange for her
handsome company.
The snow fell that night, and it fell for
FIVE days thereafter. II the White Squaw
in that time had turned into a dragon,
our two brothers could not have got away
from her. or course, she continued in her
beauty, and to be showed up with her
was a privilege amounting to delirious
Joy. The story does not sayso, but we are
satished that the brothers cooked and
washed the dishes. One does not extend
to queen and ask her to do these
things. Alas! the housekeeping of these
three went on for months. and the brothers
grew jealous Of each other Nick blurted
out his love once when his brother was alb
sent. He said to Aimsa: "Them blue eyes