Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1913-05-23

10 provs that you were mot stGht'
Ing me-" shs answered. Come: here
n my mother
Durham turned to meet . highly
conventtonalixed woman with an arti-
ficial voice and an accent that was q
imported a. the gown she wore.
The clerk At Durham's hotel wa
talking with . group Of men In the
lobby, and Durham, hearing the frst
words, remained . helpless caves.
dropper.
.sure. there1l be great times tomor.
row" he WA saying. II hear the
police have orders not to pinch the
drunks. There1l. be some doingS. !
tall you. It isn't often e governors
daughter marries q millionaire"
I guess it'll pull Lawson into the
senate when once he's the papa.in-law
Of Apfelschl0ss." said one Of the mon.
Gee. but how the girl must hate him!
Why. he's psst nifty to start with. and
with ! record like his"
%. well. x you owned half the state
ana all the legislature I guess You
could marry Lawson's daughter. too"
answered the clerk. besides, its
Mother Lawson who's at the bottom
Of that affair. She's bound to marry
Nstelle to omeone who'll make .
splurge for her In Washington. and
then the girl couldn't help obliging
her IN I little thing like that, seeing
that she isn't their real daughter"
Adopted"
'sYee. sir. Old Spanish family, they
sAy. Very respectable folks-grandees
IN Me1ico and all that. 1 don't know.
But therou be some doings tomorrow.
I tail You: fireworks IN the park.
and
Clifford turned away, sick at heart.
Evening had fallen. He could not
eat. he could mot bear the noise, Of
the hotel, the jar OF unfamiliar faces.
He had lived 70 long alone. He want
cd TO 50 home. Only among his Hopis
could he find peace Of soul again.
And yet the yellow moon was ret
ting over the ~housetops then, ~ II
had set on that memorable night
Clifford Durham was I man Of simple
mold. He had never loved until that
night: since then he had always loved.
He knew he always would. H0 want
"a her, this love miraculously restor-
ed TO him, above al things. The In
stinct that drove him toward her VA
overpowering. He turned his feet
resolutely n the direction Of the gov
errors residence, set n the grove Of
trees. The night was moonless now
only the sparklike l1refies, glimmer.
Ing through the air. relieved the
blackness. He stood stealthily be-
meath the garden wall; then, salts
ned that the road was deserted, he
get his foot upon ! crumpled stone
and clambered over. Next moment he
was striding no~iselessly across the
turf.
NsteIle was seated at her window
beside > lamp. Invisible though he
was 70 her. she was perfectly appar-
ent. Her long black hair, unbraided.
streamed down her back. Her clear
proud profile was turned toward him;
she was looking down at 4 Pile Of let
tern. When she raised her eyes he
tears rolling down her cheeks.
And then the memory became irre-
sistible.
He walked up to the window and
lightly. 'Estelle!" he called.
She sprang up with ! startled ges-
ture. turned and faced him. She
seemed to freeze to stone. clifford
pushed back the Unattached windows
and stood on tho threshold. He was
drunk with ecstacy. the Joy u that
meeting. He knew that the triumph
n his heart must conquer her, awaken
an equal ecstacy IN hers.
%Estelle.s he said. r know, Why
you came to the Hopi dance last year.
Il was because you arc an Indian still,
- I an IN soul. It was the old. I'M
tanned love for the wilds, the plains,
the solitude. You arc like ! Gagged
bird here, And you are going to be-
married tomorrow
He laughed softly and held ont HIS
arms.
You WIN never be happy In the
llI0 tnal you nave Planned out" he
said. Listen. Estelle. The wilds will
call to You night and day. a. they do
now. But now you are free to follow
them: then You will not be free. You
viii bring shame and ruin upon those
who love you. Yes. I dare to say that,
because l know You. my Indian prin-
ooss. You must follow your destiny
you must come With me-.
He nav her expression change. She
took . hasty step toward him and all
the resentment went ont Of her attt
tude. She stared 1t him In terror ana
dAwning hope.
"oh-if I dared!" she said. what
would they think Of moi What would
hey sayf'
"Come, Estelle!" he whispered.
And suddenly he caught her In his
arms and Kissed her ~ on that night
under the harvest moon.
If your duty were here I would not
urge you." he said. "But you shall
never be . slave to your peoples am
They adopted you-yes. Per
haps they had some love for you. But
now they want to sacrifice you to
their ~ UstAllA. n Won