The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-02

:fas then she began TO live. when hsr
ambition for culture and education had
breadened her. horizon. when she was
elevated from the sluggish condition Of
tribal life into an Intelligent child OF
nature. This was the renascence Of
the Sod given powers with which ev.
cry human was originally endowed
She read a new meaning in the sunset
the Wild flower, the rough bowlders
that perched on the mountain side
All life had undergone a change ana
she found:
Tongues In trees, books In running brooks,
sermons in the stones and good lii every.
thing.
Al, This the indian girl pondered as
she wandered down the mountain bath
Then there flashed another vision tc
her reverish f~ancy-that OF a wild. bag, |
| gard face With her w dark eyes, ano
| a voice that old in the Cherokee
tongue, while those same eyes flashed
fire. OF a great grief. of a life that the
White man a wrecked. The fall
chiefs daughter lnoprned the loss ut
her stalwart brave, whose name was
%ilonored In every tribe OF his kinsraen
Naught could harm him until The white
medicine man had stolen the heart OF
the great chief. Then ii WAS thai the
bronzed young warrior, sickened and
poisoned by the herbs of the white
| 'iSNl, s-IiSllls ivan lSA Az bsst'Ry
hunting grounds.
Soon the crofty white man had Sc
cured from the chief the hand of his
weeping daughter n n had become
the wife of the rhurderous rival of
her dead brave. The passionate vail
ing of the broken hearted woman came
10 Mona now.
Mona, Mona, the white devil knows
why my tell brave died. File knows
and I hate hiur'--ani then she would
ut into tears.
she hal died i few inmates later.
..ut the sce@e OF Mona's childhood days
was as vi,id as though ii we.e but
yesterday. That NAN was her father,
%&arvin." who l4ad since been twice
married ara was counted the richest
rlan in the territory: so rich, indeed
! uat he thought nothing of--bat sls
lid not like TO think vi that. She
whose veins were red With royal b!Cpd.
that Of the great Cherokee chief once
lord OF all these prairics and noun
wicked man.
Now Dick had forgotten her, forgot
ten the words he spoke in such pas-
sionate earnestness the night she Was
leading Freda down the mountain, be-
cause her foot was sore from y cruel
stone lodged in her hoof. Dick had
removed the sharp pointed rock n
then had told Mona Of the wound in his
heart, which she alone could heal. In
his manly way he alluded 10 their
happy childhood spent together and his
passionate appeal revealed to herself
her own great love for him.
The moon was just under the edge
of a tleecy cluod as Mona paused beside
he spring. wetting her hands, passed
them over her t~hrobbing, fearless eyes
There was a sound OF approaching
voices. Like 4 startled dec she bound
ed 10 the rock above II hid in the
shadow Of a solitary tree.
Miss Stella, we are Il little rough
in this country, but yer1l find US
mighty warm hearted ike Reckon:
Their amt nothin' wrong bout my
sel.in' Yer it seems good ter hev a pert
thing like yer around"
Il think it's just jolly. You all are
so very kind to me. I shall come again
next summer. But You don't Gaze
much, Go you?" she asked lnischiev.
ausly.
The moor was still under the cloud.
The girl could see as she peered over
the summit of The rock. But their
heads seemed very close together and
the man was telling some story about
the spring. The ripping OF the water
into the stony basin was the only sound
that b-oke the stiffness as he paused
save the dimly heard notes of the fiddle
waited family through the trees. The
indian girl lea ped to her feet and threw
her waving hair from her eyes. which
seemed almost blind. A shot rang out
with O startling crack.
Dick started to his feet and glanced
i~nstjnttirely toward the tall figure
t.anstl&ea to the spot above.
"Oh, MI. Dick, what do you 'spost
they're shooting at? Iln SO fright,
enei!'
Dick DID ret reply. but a. he looked
his hand, which had g.ipped a small