Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-16

Doctor Chantry jumped at the chiet
in rage.
For Gods sake, shut UP and go about
your business"
II was like one of the little dogs IN
our camp swapping at the patriarch OF
them all and recoiling from growl'
NV fathers hand was on his hunting
knife; but he grunted and said nothing
Doctor Chantry himself withdrew from
the room and left the indian in possess
sion Weak as 1 was, l felt my insides
Quake with laughter My very first OBJ
servation OF the whimsical being uckled
me with a kind of foreknowledge OF all
his weak fretfulness.
NV father sat down on the floor at the
foot OF my couch, where the wax llsht
threw his shadow, eNaggerating Its un-
moving profile noticed one of the chairs
he disdained as useless; though when
eating or drinking with white men he sat
at table with them. The chair l saw
was ono that family recognized as fur
niture of some previous experience, Slim
legged, gracefully curved and brocaded.
Brocaded was the word. i studied II until
l fell asleep.
The sun. shining through the protected
windows, instead of glaring into our lodge
door, showed my father sitting In the
snme position when / woke, and Skene-
donk at my side. liked the educated
Iroquois He was about 10 years my
senior He had been taken to France
when STRIPPING, and was much bound
10 the whites, though living with his own
tribe. Skenedonk had the mildest brown
eyes l ever saw outside a deer's head
He was a bald Indian with one small
scalp lock- But the just and perfect dome
to which his close-lying ears were at
tached needed no hair TO adorn It, You
felt glad that nothing shaded the benevo-
lence of his all-over forehead. BY con-
trast he emphasized the sullenness OF my
father; yet when occasion had pressed
there never was a reader hand than
Skenedonk's to kill
tossed the cover back to spring out
of bed with a whoop. But woman in
a high cap with ribbons hanging down to
her heels and dress short enough to
show her shoes stepped into the room and
made a courtesy. Her face fell easily
into creases when she talked, and gave
you the feeling that 1t was too soft of
flesh. Indeed. her eyes were cushioned
all around. She spoke and Skenedouk
answered her In French, The meaning
of every word broke through my mind as
fire breaks through paper.
Madame de Ferrier sent me to in
qulre how the young gentleman is."
Skenedonk lessened the rims around his
eyes. Ny father grunted.
did Madame de Ferrier say the
young gentleman" Shenedonk inquired.
II was told to inquire. l am her serv-
ant Ernestine." said the woman, her face
creased with the anxiety OF responding to
questions,
Tell Madame de Ferrier that the young
gentleman is much better and Will go
home to the lodges today"
''She said | was to wait upon him and
give him his breakfast under the Doctors
direction.
Say with thanks to Madame de Ferrier
that l wait upon him"
Ernestine again courtesied, and made
way for Doctor Chantry
I'VE will bring the wholesome lancet
again into play. my lad" said Doctor
chantry. waited in uncertainty with
my feet ON the floor and my hands on
the side OF the couch, while he carefully
removed coat and waistcoat and turned
up his sleeves
''Ernestine. bring the basin." he COM
manded.
My father may have thought the doctor
was about TO infiict a vicarious puncture
on himself. Skenedonk, with respect for
civilized surgery. waited. did not wait.
The operator barred me 10 the elbow and
showed a piece of plaster already stick
ing on my arm. The conviction of be-
ing outraged in my person came upon me
nightly. and snatching the wholesome
lancet ! turned its spring upon the doc
tor. He yelled. / leaped through the
door like deer, and ran barefooted, the
loose robe curdling above my knees
had been the heetest foot among the In
dian races. and was going to throw the
garment away for the pure joy OF feel
ing the air slide past my naked body
when I saw the glrl and poppet baby
who had looked at me during my FIRST
e.
BLANKET under the trees OF De ChaumontI
park. which deepened into wilderness.
Give me my mothers book"
strangled out OF the depths OF my throat
and repeated. as II torn by a devil
Give me my mothers book!'
She blanched so white that her lip
looked scared and instead OF disputinl
my claim, or inquiring about my mother
or telling me 70 begone, she was up OF
her feet
Taking her dress In her finger tips ant
settling hack almost to the ground In tn
most beautiful ohelsance ever saw, sh
said
''sirei"
Neither In Iroquois nor IN Iroquois
French had such a name been given q
me before. ! had a long title signifyln
Trce-cutter, which belonged 10 ever
chief OF our family But that word
] 'aAANf -ailA nNA MNEN AANNANAAAN HAFAiAH
to atone IN some way for what l ha
lost | sat up. quieting myself, sti
moved as water hesves. She put "a
mifsai on the lap Of my single garment
aad dfeW back q step, formally standlns
l Ny Scared ankles. az which the India
children used 20 point were exposed I
her gaze. Tor ! never would sit on thel
/ after the manner Of the tribe. 1heT
Was no restraining the tears that "a
down my face. She might have mOcke
me but shs remained white and qulei
while ] sat as dumb as q dog. and q
fun of unuttered speech Looking bae
now I can see what passionate neeessit
shook me with sthroha 70 be the equal {
her who had received me aa a auperio
De Cnaumont's manor house faclH
WladiuE avenue. could Be seen frol
where ~e Were. ~ BnH of stone. built
inci0se a court o. three sides in the for
that ] aftereaFd recognised as that
French ralacea There we're erel
manF flowers i1 tie court and gln.
/ eeYefed fhe ENDS ni lhe wings. AR lncl
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