The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-01
THE LEGEND or Noc0ALUIA FALLS

that the tradition has rccelved | r.. K. D.
 THE LEGEND or noccALUr.x FALLS CFiorenee King f)rnper.) l The Indian maiden bounded afonas
 with the free. buoyant step of child
 of the forest Her entire being was alive with the beauties outsprcad around her 50 lavishly. The sprine l time in Eaa air and in her heart scanned destined to abide in all the daya to come. Through d p1aze Of doRwood blossoms and many-tinted azaieas. her winding way led to point of land at which she paused and Raxed upon tho | wondrous scene before her. At her feet lay valley adorned with ail thA 1 whose iusfrc had not vet been dimnaea bv the rude hand of the paioface fu the distance. range after range. peak after peak arose and stood as sentfnels defiant and jealous Of their watch over the paradlse whEsh they eneifcieE, Theamafdcss continued her way Wh{l& i, the vivid imagination of fer race paint- cd more glorious visions than those which she had just beheid On sho hastened 10 Black Greek. which ana crossed: and moving over the wide rocky expanse which formed the bed of the stream at high water. she camo 1 to the ledge oK rock aver which the | flood dasifed Into the basin below. With earnest sAze she looked toward the | part Of the foreat opposite to that from l which she had come but no human be- l ing was in sight. she llakened infHntiy. but naught was heard save the mad ] r1ar of the failing waters. soon. how l Of the woods q young snart--a painfAce 1 A joyous light broke over the gnaidenA face. and siie advanced to Mseet him
 "Wanlaila wAh &rowiug weary. che
 said. in low musical tones why did l White Harry nnger ss
 "f was hurrysng with the speed of thp wind to greet Wanlaila. fhs paIs. 1 face replied. when deer erosnea ny path, and followed II ana brought tk 1 down. See this 10 for yosss; and ne l beld up piece Of fine. juicy veni2on. Clad fin huntin& si:.t with hls cap of l iimhed, hs stood before fiie dnskv maiden. whcaa heart bowed sinwn in
 silent adoration before him, the eni 1 Hodlment of her widest dreanaa 1seanz tng toward her no aald with anE3 ca
 ressing voice; epe you think that 1 White Harry could fan 10 meet WM4ll AiIa, and De robbed If the glance ek her eye and the sound of her vcfeay
 rWhy have you atolen tho huaes oe | Waulaiia. when so many braves nf hnf
 nation are si9hink for one wnxd ni
 love from her lipa9' nhe asked Because would make WnulalI4 1 happy he replied Before n&ns l tc tho land of perpetual auiusner Whess I the sea flows in and gently kiases tas l warm earth. whispering pf toTo uil fl4 dng lcnE Xhe very air 4a HiAeN wifb
 ilappiness and fife 70 uae V :sas psiads
 qax p04s the ehfeft4tls' aas.At6
 
 1 f,kthsrA w1Rwann ard Inc aark fa&Hf of her people. and ko fn awon anlaaa the palefaues in this hand as hehu1eoaS vlefonS r
 Love himg Anls thc bird f it lsses ts mate; ask the eunahlne fl it loves l tlae flowers; ask the HeaHena If kho0 love their depths of blue and son win
 be answered she replicd
 '.HapE white man to hnVa won fins love of such dmuKhtar of tho wooAA was his response. And now I iunex
 leave you until aaother moon euuee
 and goeH. Thnre is work nt the white
 settlement that only i can do. and
 must go [ wlIl dream Of waulalla ln the night time. and in She kay nlx | thoughts will fly to her h her forest
 home and dwell with her.
 eDe not leave WauialIa. she cflod -Take her with yoH n0w Ali HliN
 music will die out 0f her heart f4 Nuss
 leave her. and she will ba aad ana iona ". Her step VIII be slow. her aah&x | will be huBhed. and she will uroon nnH ! pine. Take her 10 your people n0w
 Waulalla must walt nwl7tle longer
 In her father'a wiGwans. The place | no to now would not make her hannxs l t is dark and gloomy. No aunahine. no 1 flowers, no mulberry groves are khexe: but will coma hack and take Wnula1s | Ia ko tile stfuny land I hava told h&f of. Think of fhla while Wfilfa Harry
 is gone, and fhe days win pane wlkk the swiftnesg of deer"
 Again she pleaded Co Rn wsfh Rim but he waa reaolut7 Hia ready aaeesh ever framed plausible excusee E4ndfna that ho was immoVahln with \ honnf she darted toward tha wnodn whence she had come, and disappeared n thesT l depths.
 Summer had come and mone. anx again the Indian maiden trod the paxK# of the foraet Autumn had ehotxnre1I her riches upon the earth 9he mIotv of eelor was dazzllng, but silence. eadness. was abroad. whtla chiil was sn she ar Asain was inc naaiden,n heart responeExe 10 Naeurea mood.
 Passing awRv~ was written upon mountain and woodland lhe falifnr of the gold and red from the trees uroz claimed t. the wind softly sighed M
 Again she stood upon the point of iana ana viewed tlae valley and monn- taine beyond; again she crcaaea fhe stream and reected the frystihe place. she lingered not here, but stepped uDom the rock projecting from tha edge of the preciplce Tor one moment she poiaed. siihouetfed against the brilliant eoloring os the foreat, then. with & leap. plunged Into the seeshlnn whifi pool below. utteI4n8 a piercing shrfes< that rang and reverberated in the cav@ ernoua depths
 When storms howl and the watefa arc dashtng and foaTning with the mad ness of demons again the caverna ring with the wild. plercing cry that grows louder ana shriller as the blasts inc crease in fury and rage.
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