The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-02-16

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Instinctively she accepted the tacitly
offered friendship.
you are q white man-you speak
English" she said.
Part white-part red. You speak
all white" he added significantly.
"Of course" she whispered, stepping
to his side. 81 am not a queen-not a
spirit. l do not know why they be-
lieve 1 am But / must get away-to
Rockvale, to Mr. Haines's ranch. to the
white people anywhere. You will help
me?"
He looked at her pityingly now. He
had believed that she was an accomplice
of the medicine man in a shrewd fraud
and he had merely wanted to share in
the joke, risky rs it was. To find her
an accidental and unwilling monarch
struck him dumb
"That is very hard" he said slowly.
Look"
He parted the folds of the tepee door
curtain so that she looked out toward
the village. Three women sat next the
door and beyond were groups Of braves
still in their war paint, some convers-
ing, some stalwart and still. They
seemed to be doing nothing in partic-
ular
"Well?" questioned Pauline.
He led her across the tepee to a
narrow slit in the rear curtain.
Through this she peered as she had
peered through the door-saw women
crouching at their tasks in the near
foreground, an armed circlet of war
riors beyond Now she understood.
Il am a prisoner them"
They will guard you night and
day"
"Why?"
st was prophesied that Great
White Queen would come to lead them
to battle You have come, as the pro-
phet said, and you have promised to lead
them to battle. Above all, be proud,
and not afraid"
The Interpreter hesitated moment.
"There was another White Queen
whose coming was prOphesied many
hundreds of years ago. he said. "She
came. She led the Indians to victory
over other Indians and then she van.
lshed In the straneest way. l would
tell you of it but l am afraid. They
say her spirit Is always near. Some
day you may know how she vanished
Before she could speak again he had
6llucu Out VI Tic lStDcc.
Five days after the disappearance OF
Pauline the express stopped again al
Rockvale station. This time the news
had been heralded by the word all
down the line that the express was
carrying the private car Marvinia, with
young H. B. Marvin himself aboard.
, AS Harry swung from the rear ster
to the dingy platform, there were
many curious eyes to observe his ar
: rival, but the watchers were mostly
women and children The men OF
Rockville were still out on the long
hunt for Pauline.
Harry, dressed for the occasion, in
riding suit and puttees, hurried to gel
to the station telephone. Skies haG
got Mrs Haines ON the wire as soor
as the smoke 70 the express had been
sighted ten miles away. But all she
could tell Harry was that there was
nothing to tell. His lips were set in
hard line as he hung up the receiv-
er. He asked few hasty questions Of
Skies, hurried across to the little no
: tel, paid for a room and hired horse
Blankets and provisions strapped be-
hind, he was out and away up the
road to the mountains within an hour
: And while he urged his sturdy little
mount to better speed on his unchart
ed journey, Pauline, not twenty miles
away, was preparing for the last jour
ney she might ever take.
The blow had fallen Her royal place
and her immortal power had vanished
The Indians had permitted one post
ponement of the day of battle. She
had said that the spirits had spoken
to her and warned against bloodshet
upon that day. 1t should be the sec
: ond day thereafter the spirits had said
The Indians we're disappointed but they
bowed to the edict.
The morrow passed quietly, but or
the next day-the fifth of her royal
captivity was pomlpously sum
moned from her house by the assemb-
: lage of chiefs in battle paint and feath-
ers. She tried to whisper through
. the doorway that the Spirits had for
hidden again, but Red Snake answer
: ed:
"You are greater than all other
Spirits; you will lead us-today"
TELL them," said Pauline to the In
!, terpreter shat the White Queen does
not lead today"
N0u, Oudhc 6WdItuy ldCO
black with anger as he heard the an
swer He harangued the chiefs, Their
, turned to Pauline:
Daughter of the earth--Twice oul
warriors have been ready for battle
: and you would not lead them. Today
! you must go before the Oracle ant
! prove your immortality. The Oracl,
4 will tell
! The warriors departed; only the lit
tie interpreter remained
What does it mean?" cried Pauline
at is the race with the Great Dealt
Stone" he answered, and his owl
voice trembled. But" he whispered
II will ride, l will try to find help
e Wait"
He slipped under the back of thu
teepee. Unseen by the excited Indians
: he made his way to the line of ponie
: with lariats and rifles swung from
: their saddles. He picked one, AM
mounting, rode slowly out of the vii
: lage, speaking here and there to tn
7 braves he met