West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1906-10-25


And the man they could have mur.
dcred for came from the house. an un.
heroic figure with suspendcrs dangling
and n corncob pipe In his mouth, sui
len, angry and withal abjectly fright
encd, as mere man inevitably Is when
he sniffs woman's battle I'm the air
The bride, at sight OF her husband, tooh
to Mysteries. She wcpt, she laughed
and down tumbled her hair. She felt
the situation demanded scene. Rod.
ney, with marital brcvity hardly "a
bc expected SO soon. commanded Sally
10 20 into the house and TO "shut up"
Then he faced Singing Stream and
said TO her In her own language: "You
must 40 away from here The palo
raced woman is my wife by the white
mans law-ring and Bible. No Indian
marriage about this"
But the brown woman only pointed
10 Judith. She asked Rodney had she
not been good squaw 20 him.
And Rodney, who nt best was but "A
poltroon, could only repeat: "You got
to Keep away from here. It's the white
mans law-onc sdunw for one man"
From within came the sound OF Sal
ys lamentotlon as she called for her
father and brother 10 take her from
the squuw and contamination. War
ren Rodney was n man OF few words
lt had become his unpleasant duty to
net, and TO act quickly. lie snatched
Judith from her mother and took her
into the house, and he returned with
his Winchester. which was not loaded,
10 Singing Stream.
"iou got to go," he said and, lev.
cling the Winchester, he repeated tho
command. Singing Stream looked at
him with the dumb wonder OF forest
thing. II was good squaw TO YOU"
she said and did not even curse him.
And, turning. she ran toward the foot
hills with all the length of purple cal.
leo trailing.
Now, Mrs. Rodney, nee Tumlin. wns
but human, and her cup OF happiness
as the wife OF squaw man was not
the brimming beaker she had anticl.
pated. The expulsion of her predeces-
sor at such u time to make room for
her own home coming was IL seemed,
open TO criticism. "rhe nelghborhood"
Qt included perhaps five families liv.
ing In radius of as many hundred
milesl felt that the Tumllns had es-
tabllshed bad precedent A suuaw
man driving out brown wife To- make
room for a white IL not n heroic figure
IL had been done before, but II would
not hand down well I'm the traditions
OF the settling of this great country.
Trespass of law and order, with their
swift, red handed reckoning. was but
move Of the great game of colonial
ton, but to shove out n brown woman
for white wns mean move Few
stopped at the Rodncys' ranch. though
1t marked the first break In the Journey
from town TO the gold mining country.
Rodney had fallen from his estate ns
n ploucer; his political opinions were
unsought In the conclnvos that sat
and spat at the stove whcn business
brought them TO the joint saloon and
postoiiice. The women dealt with the
question more openly. scornlng fem
inine subtloty nt this pass as innd-
equato ammunition. When they met
Mrs. Rodney they pulled inside their
skirts and glared. This outrage
against woman IL wns wOmans work
TO settle.
The Tumlln family did not remain
long enough In the Black Hills country
TO witness Sally's failure as the wife OF
n pioneer. The rcstlcssness of the
Settler" II the paradox bo pcrmissi.
BILE, was In the marrow OF their bones.
The makeshifts OF the wagon, the ad-
ventures OF tlic road. were the only
home they craycd. The spring after
Sallys marriage they set forth for
California, the year following for New
Mexico. and still sighed for new worlds
to visit
KOdncy's squaw wife was taken In
by some neghbOrs. good folk who were
convcrsunt with all phases OF the ro-
nance. They stood by her I'm her hour
OF trial aud nftcrward continued TO
keep her as a servant Her son jim
grew up with their own children.
When he was four years Of age his
mother. Singing Stream, died, aud Sal
~ persuaded her husband TO take
young jim into their own home. partly
as q sop to ncighbOrly criticism. partly
as salvc 10 her own conscience Sal
~ had children Of her own aud looked
81 tiAfhh" hihNtfAAlg INV from lilt Allilt
when she fought the squaw for Rod.
ney's favor
Jiuis foster parents were, i'm truth,
glad to part with him From his earll-
est babyhood he had been known as "a
limb Of Satan" lie was an Ishmael
by every instinct Of his being. And
Mrs Warren Rodney, nee Tumln, felt
th1t I'm dealing with bIm in her capac-
liy Of stcpmOthcr she daily cxplated
any oneuss that she might have done
TO his mother.
Sally grew slatternly with Increasing
maternity She spent her time IN a
rocking chair. dipping snun a consola.
ton imported from her former home
aud lamcnting the bad marriage she
had made. Rodney nscribed his ill FOR.
tune to unjust neigiborly criticism. He
farmc1 n little be raised little stock.
aud ne drank "a great deal Of whisky.
Sally hated the Black Hills country. She
fclt that 10 know too much about her.
The ncighborly inquisiflon hal fallen
Ike blight on the family fortunes.
vague migratory Impulse wa on her
She wanted 10 20 somewhere and DC.
gn nll over again. BY dlnt OF persist.
cnt nngg.hg she persui iel hcr hus.
band 10 move 60 Wyoming. thcu ln the
golden axe of fhc cattle industry
Judith was ten years old WHOM her
/ father. Dts wife and their children
moved from Dakota they were not so
particular about North aud south Ia
/ tota Goo those days To- take up q claim
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