Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-05-20

minutes close scrutiny OF FRANCES
and Jim Cobb, they began to drop
away and soon the new corners were
left to themselves, except for the
presence of a beautiful young Indian
girl who appeared to be of near
Frances own age.
This girl addressing Niger God
frey in the Sioux tongue, after much
parleying, persuaded him to allow
her to care for the white girl as long
as she remained among them.
white Lily come me-" said this
girl taking Frances by the hand and
conducting her to teepee which was
a crude, rough, conical framework of
poles stuck into the ground below
and converging above, was covered
with tanned hides, leaving an apera-
ture at the top through which the
greater share of the smoke made its
exit
me White Lily friend" continued
the girl, white Lily teepee here
Oh thank you! with all my heart
thank you; that dreadful man, OH
what shall l do?" and for the hrst
time since her abduction Frances
broke down completely and gave way
to a food of tears which she made no
effort to restrain.
white Lily cry, do good, me
White Lily friend
After she had had her cry out
Frances felt better and soon she be-
came more composed. Now that she
had found so good a friend OF her
own sex and near her own age in the
charming Indian girl, she became
more reconciled to her lot
who are you who are so good
to me? and what is your name she
asked.
my fader, Little Grow, big chief.
MY mudder she Dead" replied the
girl
"And what is your name?" en-
QuITeu ldhICo.
"My name Eowah."
THAT is a very pretty name, II
means beautiful, think. In Eng
lish il is Iowa, and surely you well
deserve to be called Eowah, for you
are very beautiful"
"Me no bewful," remarked the
Sioux princess, a rush of red blood
mantling her dusky face with a pref
ty blush she could not prevent.
white Lily bewful, what call White
Lily?'
"My name is Frances, which
means Free, but alas! | have no
right to be called Frances now for |
am a prisoner in the hands of wick
ed men,"
"You free bime bye, Eowah help. >
"You are very good to me Eowah,
perhaps sometime ! may be able to
repay some of your kindness, / shall
not forget you," replied the CRATE
full girl.
"Eowah want no pay, White Lily
friend" said the simple untutored
Sioux princess, with gentle dignity
that we'll became the daughter OF
great chief.
"Now / am afraid l have offended
you" said Frances. Il didn't mean
to offer to pay you for your kindness
to me, / only meant to say that may
be sometime / might have an oppor-
tunity to do you kindness in some
way, which would give me more
pleasure than / can tell you. 1t means
a great deal to me to find such
friend as you are in my trouble,
Eowah."
Dat good. White Lily daughter
big chief, Eowah sister"
Just what the dark skinned girl
meant by sister was not clear to
the mind of Frances, however, she
did not attach any peculiar signifi-
canoe to it, nor indeed was any in
tended by the other; it was used
merely to express the sisterly feel
ing that had already begun to exist
between the two girls"
''Who dat pole cat wild two tongue.
black Mig Godfrey? he no friend
White Lily"
mo indeed, he is my enemy; he
would like me to be something more
than his friend, but / don't like him
and he knows / don't"
And then Frances told the Indian
girl about Jim Cobb's cruelty to lit
tie Twomy, of the thrashing he had
received from Jesse Eadleigh and
his consequent hatred of that young
man, together with the trial and
subsequent events, eliminating in
her abduction by Niger Godfrey, at
the instigation of Cobb, and assisted
by him.
Hugh, me no like pole cat. He
bad eye. bad face, bad all ober.'
Thus these two girls, representing
in their own persons, the wild and
the cultured, so strangely thrown to-