The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-07
The Wife OF Red Scar.
BY JOSEPH X. GRIFFls.

The trees tree. had Gafs sr 70 svs. mes sns ss
fathers nifaa = i ns Her fni rounded form
q yonns antelope tha that as gres
and tender. Her face was a morning
when the prairie flowers bloom and
breathe their sweetest perfume.
Red Scar wns gaunt, w;r,ii'kled and ugly, |,
lodge Of Tsilta's father were frequent
the, gambling for he saw nothing but
one day the maiden saw him. bf the red
scar point her father to n herd Of ~
ponies Her father , swagged his his Tor iore E,
snnk, for shc knew that she was given
10 pgly Rcd Scar in exchange for the
handsome ana brave Tsil,a had danced
many times will, him. The hug, Of his
glad her heart for in him was enough.
With hair yelling her face. Tsilta passed
his lodge, and this told him the, story;
what he would do-therc would be two
swift horses at tho crossing of the river.
under the big tree that very night. And
tben away--and away!
With llghtncss OF step and brightness
OF eye Tsilta returned to her fathers
OF Red Scar she shrnnk back as from an
old lean coyote and would have fled. but
lie, caught her by the, wrist. and in a
VOICE Ilhe n DH1T RTOWl HAld. WIG. y
She turned an appealing face to her
Ills wife"
She obedient1y followed Red Scar to
had erected for her, she crouched down
az the farhes, side. like wounded deer
from the hateful fangcd wolf.
when Red Scar sat down 10 gnmbie.
one, of the men looked at him slyiy. and
said: Red Scar has Wife The, bull
but he replied nothing. company of
Young registers passed by. and one Of
then Y & ySce sd WITH rtdssa's said;
alistcning OF eyes and a fare of the scar.
and that was all.
After dark. when all WIS still IN the
camp. there was the s.all of n whip poor
will In the bush. and Red Scar saw has
wife raise her head with "a quick start.
Agar Again and again there WAC the cal.
1awfide iariat. citchcds her arms and
bound them behind her back, Red Scar
has a wife he snarled IN her car, his
face ike the western stor,n-cloud when
the sun is setting Binding her feet
together he made the. ariat fast to a
lodge pole overhead, buckled his knife
TO his side. and laid down 10 sleep.
Time passed. There was silence save
for sound like the breeze In the. bushes
side from time 10. time there WAS the
whip-poor- Wills call, plainiively insistent.
until far into the might. Then there was
lodge. Red Scar crept like shadow a
cross the floor. listening a moment, hurl-
: ad back the ha d,,,,G and leaped outside.
low. gurgling, then quiet. The jealous
husband returned 10 the iireside. threw
en- n handful of bark. and sat down. HIS
wife lay with her face to, the wall. AS
the light grew stronger she saw n tiny
EtrcaiI OF red creeping under the edge OF
the lodge. slowly making It's way
toward her face. foot from her
eyes It formed into a little pool.
The sun had walked up. above the tree
tops when the husband and wife stepped
Outside tho tspee, 4he foloSins as do al,
astlr, for big thing was to be done
that day.
with long, purposeful steps. Behind in
a struggling procession came men, women
md children. On the summit OF the hill
the. tall man halted and faced the slight
expectant people in circle.
Red Scar let fail his blanket. a knife
sllt is.I,,a, IN bis hand and.
harsh and yullure-like. BY the law Of
the Kiowas the wife whose feet walk IN
the crooked trail. must suffer one Of two
things. She must die by the hand OF her
fuce.
Tie man seized her disheveled hsar and
raised ii from her face. Her soft eyes
looked unflinchingly into his own and
from the proud lips there came no sound.
The knife gifted close to her face.
NO not that. Let TslIta dle,r The
atIiycring. plaintive voice had III 1t the
shudder of autumn winds when the leaves
are falling.
Red Scar thrust his knife into his scab-
bard and drew his bow from its panther
skin cover, placed one end upon the
ground. his Knee in the middle. and by
a dexterous movement slipped the moose
OF the sting into the notch. with we'll
accustomed hand, fixed u barbed arrow
10 the string.
Red Scar thrust his left foot forward.
the muscles of his right arm swelling
into ridges as he drew the arrow 10 the
head. Then came a clatter of feet. the