Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-12-02
Old Henry had picked me up In their

q bit more determined perhaps. Oh,
she was a splendid creature, in the
first glory of her womanhood, a per-
fectly groomed. pulsat1ng, spoiled god
dess. She greeted me graciously. with
that queenly air Of all great ladies.
Where is your father?' l asked as
l laid off her dust coat.
"'He Is In New York. said she. 4
am travelling alone
Why have you come out here, ALI
ciaY l inquired slowly, being far more
i'll at ease than she.
"'Do you need to askY she answer
ed. 4 respected fathers wishes when
was in my minority. travelled and
studied and did all the tiresome things
he wished me to as long as he had the
right to ask them Of me. But when
l became my own mistress took my
full freedom. He made his life to
suit himself, and l am very sorry |
cannot build mine to suit him. But
we don't seem to see things the same,
and dare say he has accepted the in
evitable.'
"Then you consider this inevita-
bleY
''She lifted her dainty brows. In
evitable is not good word. wish it.
have wished it from the first.
have never ceased to wish it for an
instant. l feel must have it. There
fore, to all intents and purposes, it is
inevitable, suppose
"'You have-er-been in communi-
cation with
"'Never. Father did not wish it,
"Then how did you know he is
here?"
"'He wrote me when he left Yale
that he was coming here. / have
heard nothing since. He is here, is he
not?'
$50 l believe. l haven't seen him
yet. You know I've been away N.Y.
SELF
xviii you take me to him at once?
If you are too busy will ask
livery WE'LL said l. We'll drive
out to the encampment' And l tele-
phoned for my buckboard
"There was little said on our fifteen
mile drive. for l was apprehensive.
and she was oddly torn between fear
and exultation. We left the French
maid behind. l don't know that any
woman ever went to her lover under
stranger circumstances or in greater
perturbation than did this girl. behind
whom lay the selfshness of spoiled
womanhood and a generation of unre-
Straint.
1T was we'll along in the evening
when we came over the ridge and saw
the encampment below us. You can
imagine the fairy picture it made. with
its myriad Of Winking fires, the soft
effulgence Of thousand glowing tents
and the wonderful magic of the night
over all. AS we drew nearer the
unusual sounds Of strange merry
making came to us, the soft thudding
of drums. the weird melody of the
dances, the stir and confusion of dense
animal life. In the daylight it would
have been picturesque. but under the
wizard hand Of the darkness it be-
came ten times more so.
when l finally tied my horses and
led the girl into the heart Of it | think
she became bit frightened. for these
Indians were the Sioux Of bygone
day. all barbaric and primitive in hab-
it, and dress and coloring-an atavistic
race which had shaken off some three
score years, or some thirtyscore for all
We knew.
"'Does Running Elk come to your
house?'
AT this my old friend roared so
fercely that FASTENED to say: I'll see
him at once. l have more influence
than anybody else with him.
1 hope you can show him how i'm
possible, how criminal it is to ruin
my girls life. Yes, and mine too.
Suppose the yellow papers got hold Of
this thing! Hartman shuddered. Doc,
love that girl so we'll I'd kill her
with my own hands rather than face
her disgrace and see her ridiculed.
"'She could marry a duke if one
happened to come along. and I'd buy
her one, too if she wanted him, but
l won't stand for this dirty, low
browed 1njun.'
"'He's not dirty declared, and
he's not as low browed as some de-
generate foreigner you'd be glad to
pick out for her.
swell, he's an 1njun,' retorted Har-
man, AN it'll come out on him. We've
both seen 'em tried. They all drop
back where they started from. You
know that as well as do
~ don't know it, said l, thinking
Of my experiment, which had gone so
badly askew, but we've got to put a
stop to this affair In one way or an
other. I'll see the young man right
away
Tomorrow Is Thanksgiving said
Henry. Wait over and go up with us
and see the Yale-Princeton football
game. understand Running Elk
plays fullback. Well pick you up at
your hotel in the morning and drive
up In the car. It's the big game of the
year. and you'll enjoy it. l don't ex-
pect to, however,
You have seen similar games, so
there Is no need Of my describing this
one, even If I could. AS it was my
first experience it impressed me
greatly. When the teams appeared
recognized Running Elk at distance,