The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-04-06

wnen NJ sieur Simpson was factor. and
la Madame took great fancy TO her
and taught her a great deal that civil
lied people know Then she died. la
Madame. and the new factor and his
Cree wife came TO the Post. Maballa
loved her adopted people. and for that
all the Crees hated her aud Stunned
her. The factors Cree wife hated her
most OF all. more than she hated the
Sarcees. Three times a year Lone Ar
rows son came TO the Post with what
was left OF his fathers tribe. and
brought their furs. and IL was at these
times that the young people. grown
now TO manhood and womanhood.
found their hearts beating with love"
Pierrot rose TO his feet and looked
far up the river. with his back TO
Philip.
The Sarcee band came last 10 the
Post six weeks ago" he finished. "A
little before that the new Missioner
had come over from Churchill. He
was bad. Msieur. He attempted TO in
suit Maballa in a way which is com
mon TO the followers of the civilized
mans God. Maballa fed to the Sar-
Gee camp. and Sakimay. the pagan
son OF Lone Arrow. hunted the Mis-
sioner out and they fought. The
Missioner was killed: so was Sakimay.
Their two graves are side by side, so
close that you may reach from one to
the other. Over the Missioner's grave
is the white cross OF God: around
Sakimay's there is n fence OF sapling
pickets. tins filled with meat. a tiny
canoe. a tepee as large as your hand.
and such weapons. made OF wood. as
he will need in the hereafter There
are ten or fifteen OF the Sarcees. and
they have Hraugr hgrE a fa mil
guarded themselves. There has been
a little fighting, and 81 is fortunate for
the Sarcees that a Cree and a half
breed have been killed. | do not I'M
derstand why the Sarcees remain. for
some day will find them all dead un-
less they move. think. M'sieur. il
must be because of Maballa. For
each day two women come to the
graves with their offerings for the
dead. One of these Is the Missioners
Indian wife, who has turned Chris
tian. and the other is Maballa. the
pagan Cree
For days after this stop at the port
age Jean Pierrot spoke no more OF
Maballa and her people. except to an
swer Philips questions. He dropped
into the moody silence OF the forest
man. saying no more than a dozen
words al night when they stopped TO
camp. even when Philip brought up
again and again the question OF the
three Gods. The half-breed was al
ways sitting beside the fire when he
went 20 his blankets. and once he
awoke. long after midnight. 10 find
Jean sitting where he had left him
hours before After a time Philip
ceased 10 question him. and began 70
study him in another way lie knew
d
Several times when Jean thought him
asleep. he saw Pierrot take the ivory
cross from his breast and hold g. in
his hands: and one night. when the
spring wind was wailing mournfully
through the spruce tops. Jean stood up
IN the light OF the campfire with his
hands and the cross stretched above
his head. as n IN an attitude % prayer
The night before they came 10 the
Post on the Beaver. PierrOt raised hts
head from between his hands and
looked across the FIRE az Philip. who
vas SMOKING his pipe
" sieur" he exclaimed suddenly
have never seen a more beautiful
woman than Maha'ia even On Montreal
and Quebec 7 have seen her with her
h-if down M-!~r- falling 10 he's
LEses. ElIsfeniug iEe raven uIng
.1 fhe sun iler voice fs .Le that "a
ffe bird flutes which ur make of reed.
for s1e B.. n Cree svear 20 God
n st" Uas no. PAGAN . would fEhi
Tor fer rnH fr- her people
I1 sr instant Philip had rurr fo BIS
SIDE and -ra Frf down bend
'.al s-r-' DO sad quietly You
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