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

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cinated Pauline. Had she been left
alone she would have fallen asleep
upon the piled furs; but this low, NUT
tering, grim visaged assemblage of
red men forced her to respectful at
tention. That they honored her, she
understood; but she saw too, that the
Indians were all armed and some of
them were painted. AS Red Snake
arose to address the tribe menacing
murmur filled the tepee and the young
chiefs whetted their knives upon the
ground.
Red Snakes barange, unintelligible
to Pauline, had an electrical effect up
on the Indians. Frequently as he
spoke he turned toward her and al
ways when he did so he raised his
mighty arms and bent his head upon
his breast in token of submission to
a power mightier than his own.
AS he finished, Pauline arose, sway
ing a little from her great weakness.
She shook her head in token that she
did rct understand. Her outstretched
pleading hands, bewildered, but sub
dued the warlike assemblage.
Red Snake called a ringing sum
mons, and from the rear circle Of the
audience shuffled forward the strang-
est man Pauline had ever seen His
understood, STOPPING form was garb-
In a miners cast-off shirt, a ranch
mans ex-trousers, a pair of tattered
moccasins and a much dented derby
hat, with lone feather in the band
of it.. 1t was White Mans Hat, a
half-breed interpreter.
AS he approached, cringing and
bowling, Pauline noted that penetrat-
Ing, not unkindly eye cleaned from
under his bushy brow, scrutinizing
her in flashes between his obeisalces.
Unlike the other Indians he was not
afraid to look the Great While Queen
in the face as he solemnly repeated the
last words of Red Snake.
According to the prophecy, you
have come from the heart of the world
to lead us against those who steal our
land"
Pauline stood for moment in COM
plete bewilderment. Then, a the
meaning of the words, flashed uron
her mind she took step forward,
speaking in earnest protest.
But she spoke only to the chief, for
the Indians had broken all restraint
and were crushing their way out of
the tepee, with cries and brandishing
of weapons. They swept the little
interpreter with them. And Red Snake
saw only the pleading of wronged
,, goddess for vengeance upon her enc
mics He called the women of his
household, who shyly led the Queen
away.
Darkness had fallen as the women
glided ahead of her to spot outside
the main village, where a spacious te-
pee had been erected apart. Only a
,. peaceful moon and a armament gilt
tering with stars lighted their path
But from the town behind came terri
flying yells, the rattle Of tom-toms and
occasionally a rifle shot as the braves
prepared their spirits for the test OF
battle.
Pauline found her new home laden
with all the luxuries and sacred relics
of the tribe. There were rugs richer
than those in the chiefs house; the
! walls were festooned with strung
beads, and on the large, low couch
lof bear skins lay the most splendid
of Indian raiment.
The women with better understand
, ling than the men of the earthly needs
, of immortals, made her lie down. while
they bathed her aching temples and
wounded hands, replaced her torn gar.
, ments with gorgeous blanket robe
, and smoothed her flying tresses into
| long comfortable braids.
, Other women came too, bringing
, foolish, blackened by the open
: flame, but fresh and sweet; venisCn
and cakes of meal and early berries
And there was a pipe and a pouch OF
| Aoh Ivyi}I v1,bi oh %n1 rod
I,dess might soothe the hours before
repose should she feel inclined.
| Pauline ate eagerly while the wo-
men looked on in silent approval
, When she had finished she arose smil-
lug and signed to them that she would
r rest They left softly, and neither the
exciting recollections nor the tumult
+ of the braves outside could hold he1
for a moment longer from the blessed
ness of sleep.
, She slept far into the next morning
But so did the village, for the Indians
, had reveled themselves to exhaus-
, ton the night before 1t was nearly
noon before she attired herself in q
fringed and beaded dress Of buckskin
/ with leggings and exquisite little moe
casins and had laughingly permitted
one of the women attendants to place
painted war feather in her hair. Thus
lclad and with her wide braids falling
a from temple to knee, Pauline sat re
: gally to receive the morning call O.
Red Snake.
: She was beginning to take trem
ulous pleasure in the game of being al
q immortal Pauline's questing spiri
was too happy in adventure not to fine
a thrill in being thus translated from
civilized women to savage, from hung
! ering captive to reigning queen, from
: queen to angel-all in twenty-fou
hours. Finding herself feared, sh
v could quiet her own alarm.
Red Snakes call was formal and pc
|, litely brief. He brought with him tn
2 amusing little interpreter to inquire
9 the Spirit had found comfort in tn
q hospitality of his people and more par
:, ticularly if the war dance Of the pre-
: ceding night had given her satisfac
o ton.
Pauline smiled with gracious solem
: nifty, that her Spirit had found repos