The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-02-03

ovsf The PROPHETS shouIdsrsA 80.
white % death 81 IL terror, Tint told
him ~ he had heard Wa ! lie.
"And when you have done With my
people" continued the king. you viii
90 among that other race. along the
mainland, whore men have thrown OF
the restraints Of society to give loose
reign to lust and avarice; whore the
indian IL brutified that his wife may
DO intoxicated BY compilation and
prostituted by violence before his
eyes: where the forest cabins and the
streets Of towns are filled with half
breeds; where there stalk wretches
with withered and fearless eyes,. who
are IN nowise troubled by recollection
OF robbery, rape and murder. And
there you will find whom you are look
ing for!''
Strang had risen to his feet. His
eyes blazed with the fire Of smoth-
cred hatred and passion and his great
voice rolled through his beard trem-
ulous with excitement, but still deep
and rich, like the booming Of some
melodious instrument He flung aside
his hat as he paced back and forth;
his shaggy hair fell upon his shout
ders; huge veins stood out upon his
forehead-and Nathaniel sat mute as
he watched this lion Of man whose
great throat Quivered with the power
that might have stirred nation-that
might have made him president in.
stead of king. He waited for the
thunder Of that throat and his nerves
keyed themselves to meet it's bursting
passion. But when Strang spoke again
1t was in voice as soft and as gentle
as woman's.
Those are the men who have viii.
fed us, Captain Plum; who have COW
cred us with crimes that we have
never committed; who have driven
our people into groups that they may
be free from depredation; who watch
like vultures to despoil our women;
wild wifeless men, Captain Plum. who
have left families and character be-
hind them and who have sought the
wilderness to escape the penalties of
law and order. It is they who would
destroy us. Go among my own people
first, Captain Plum, and find your lost
property If you can; and If you can
not discover it where in seven years
not one child has been born out of
wedlock, seek among the Lamanites-
and my sheriffs shall follow where you
place the crime!"
He had stretched out his arms like
one whose plea was of life and death;
his face shone with earnestness; his
low words throbbed as if his heart
were borne upon them for the inspec.
ton of its truth and honor. He was
Strang the tragedian. the orator, the
conqueror of legislature, a governor,
dozen juries-and of human souls.
And as he stood silent for a moment
in this attitude Nathaniel rose to his
feet, subservient, and believing as
others had believed in the fitness of
this man. But as his eyes travelled
a dozen PAGES beyond. he saw the
young girl gesturing to him in that
same terror, and holding up for him
to see a slip of paper upon which
she had written. And when she had
caught his eyes she crumpled the pa
per into a shapeless ball and tossed
it just over the landing to the ground
below the stair.
Il thank you for the privileges Of the
island which you have offered me-"
said Nathaniel, putting on his hat,
and I shall certainly take advantage
Of your kindness for few hours. as
I want very much to witness one Of
your ceremonies which I understand
is to take place today. Then. If
have discovered nothing, shall return
to my Ship
(To BE coNTINUED.)