The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-07
A LOVE STORY IN WHICH
INDIAN MAIDEN is HEROINE
''IWANAY"
BY ANNA O'HAGEN.

of ideas. led him to Inquire after tho
health OF Gaspnrd.
i" Fem? ope Gem dead" replied
Twahay. sullenly and succintly,
| What bloodthrsty litlls wretch YOU
are, TwanayH SAID Hitler; somewhat
shocked in spite of his belief that her
remark WAS To be taken as wild eX-
trayagancc. He had never wished any
one III In the whole course oil his agrcc-
able life. Don't You know whether he =
dead or alivc?"
No .grunted 'Twanay shortly. "E
| go away.
II was true that Gaspard had closed
the forge and disappeared from the vii
lagc No one cared marvcled. They
all agreed that IL was no strange matter
Tor young man TO slip away TO tho
deep woods or the far hills. to follow tho
waters northwnrd or TO betako himself
TO the more populous coas, farther south.
there to make canoes and give con-
teinptuous instructions In the art OF man
aging them To the young men and
maidens Gaspard would reappear In good
time. they supposed.
But Gaspard was doing none OF these
things; He was tracking 'Twanay with
a skilt more secret and more sure than
thal with which he followed Dwyer. He
was never very far away when she wan
dcred through the woods or lurked in
the ioliage above the beach for the sight
OF light in the Rcyburn's lodge or a
glimpse of tall figure, actively idiins
among the boats. And his face. as he
spicd upon the girls miserable vigil, was
Once he made Il face to- face meeting
with her as she slipped through the
damp unde thrush from the edge OF n lake
higher up In the hills. on which Hitler
ana his brother-Ir-law were cDcampcd
LOT lot, a week $ hshing' 1t was raining
TO her body. while the gaudy dyes from
the ribbons OF her shnpeiess hat smcarcd
her brown checks with lines OF dirty
coior He rose up before her out of a
'ail growth OF blueberry bushes.
1...it.
or start The look OF baleful weariness
and distaste dcepened in her eyes. THAT
WAS as, her only greeting.
l Know what you do: know what you
pard,
\ motion that had in It all the Indif-
11rsnIns 1ersnIo auo Of shrus stirred 'Twanoy's
You know. what they think you mako
with your time, they at the village"
he demanded
They think YOU make yourself bad
Ike ole Madeleine vo'mere when she were
young Madeleine. They think you stay
away long times llko that"
There was a flicker OF rage on 'Twa-
nays cheek now
''Vit who. dey say date" she asked
fierceIy.
"Oh. not Wit 'ecm." Gaspard dropped
into the Patois he had laboriousIy over
come In his ambitious boyhood. as he
Indicated with a nod the fishing camp
DenlHu InsTn- lie achieved q laugh OF
scorn. "Dcy know e have no traffic Wit
Indian village Dcy tnk YOU stay Wit
anyone-farmer. srorekeepcr Mais-G|
know. 'Twansy. de loye-seeck," He
threw back his head and laughed.
'Twanay glowered upon him with hatred
but spoke no word,
II know Gaspard's voice changed
suddenly Il know-an' some day. / keel
eem."
In another second the tall wet bushes
closed behind him.
Not for an instant did she doubt Gas
pards intention TO do what he said, or
his power. He. swift and silent, know
ng the paths OF the woods as the bird
Knows the pathway TO the north in the
spring. he. powerful. and through her: