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

"DUT look at him." she urged.
ID II recognize first" said De Chau-
mont as he sauntered. IAN old robe of my
own"
His mother was reduced to coarse
serge. have been told"
"You speak of an august lady, my dear
Eagle. But this is Chief Williams boy.
He has been at the hunting lodges every
summer since came into the wilderness.
There you see his father. the half-breed
Mohawk"
II saw the dauphin in London, count. I
was a little child, but his SCARED ankles
and wrists and forehead are not easily
forgotten"
"Tne dauphin died in the Temple,
Eagle"
that"
"Your father and Philippe were very
mad royalists."
"And you have gone over to Bonaparte.
They said that boy had all the traits Of
the Bourbons, even to the shaping of his
ear"
"a bourbon car hears nothing but
Bonaparte in these days" sRid De Chau-
mont How do you know this is the
same boy you saw in London?'
Last night while he was lying uncon-
scious after Doctor Chantry had ban
daged his head and bled him. went In
to see II might be OF use.
"He was like some one had seen. But
| did not know him until a moment ago.
He ran out OF the house like wild In
dian. Then he saw US sitting here, and
came and fell down on his knees at
sight OF that missal, l saw his scars
He claimed the book as his mothers
and YOU know, count it was his moth
er'sl"
| .,NT, dasr chud vyhanaver an Indian
wants present he dreams that you give
Il to him. or he claims II, Chief Williams
boy wanted your valuable illuminated
book. | only wonder he had the taste,
The rings on your hands are more TO an
Indians liking"
| But he Is not an Indian, count. He
is as white as We are"
THAT signifies nothing. Plenty of white
children have been brought up among the
| tribes. Chief Williams grandmother ]
have heard was a Yankee woman"
My father stopped when he saw Mad
anne de Ferrier. and called to me In Iro-
'quois II was plain that he and Doctor
Chantry disagreed, Skenedonk put out
OF countenance by my behavior, and the
stubbornness OF the chief. looked ready
to lay his hand upon his mouth in sign
OF being eonfounded before white men
for his learning had altered none OF hif
inherited instincts
had said, Chief Williams boy, faint from
blood letting and "a hours fasting; anc
the fathers command reminded me o
the mothers dinner pot, / stood up erecl
and drew the lowered silk robe around
me. II would have been easier 10 wall
on burning Goals, but / felt obliged q
return the book 10 Madame de Ferrler
She would not take Il. ! closed her grasI
upon IA, and STOPPING, saluted her hanC
with courtesy as De Chaumont had done
II he had roared 1 must have done thll
devoir. But all he did was 10 widen hil
eyes and strike his leg with his riding
whip
My father and ] seldom talked An In
dian boz who lives IN water and fores
all GUNNER and on snowshocs an winter
hnds talk enough IN the natural worl,
without falling back upon his family
Dignined manners were not lacking
among my elders, but speech had seemed
Of little account % me before this day.
The chief padded aud ] sat naked Il
our canoe Tor We left the lowered rob
With a horae-hoy at the stables; the sni
warm upon my skin the lakes blue CLAM
cur affecting me like enehantment
Neither love nor aversion was asso
eiated with my father / took my hea,
, between my hands ana Tried % remembo
face that vas associated with aver
sion.
"FaiheT inquired. was anyhodl
. eFef verS cruel fQ mafs
Hq iQ1ked siartied bQl .poke harshiy.
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