The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-07-04

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nothing of Gloria's presence in the
thicket, but he promised to guide
Freneau to some of the scattered viii
lagos.
Meanwhile Dr. Royce, hunting in
every direction, had happened upon
the home of the Slpes, and had asked
about Gloria Fearing that he had
come to demand the return of Gloria S
jewels they pretended not to have
seen her But Royce caught
glimpse of Glorias evening dress,
which Mrs. Sipe was trying to hide.
He charged the Sipes with deception,
probably with murder.
They FASTENED to confess that they
had seen her and helped her on her
way in the clothes of a boy. They
sent young Sipe to show Royce which
way Gloria had gone. Young Sipe,
still angry at Gloria and his parents,
sent Royce in a false direction, too.
He laughed as he saw the crazy
stranger in that tattered evening dress
playing his blind mans buff, not
knowing that rivals were searching
the wilderness, and knowing that
Gloria was now in Indian servitude.
The young chief Katcalani, kept
watching Gloria. Her whiteness, her
delicacy, the unconscious daintiness
with which she lifted the crooked
faggot from the brushwood. and the
luxurious aureole of her hair in the
Florida sun, made him frantic to call
her his own. He beckoned her to fol
low him and led her to a distance
where the shambling, dusky women
of his tribe could not see him bow
his turbaned head to the chalk-faced
squaw
Gloria hoped that the peculiar per
son was going to help her to escape,
and she followed him witt only a
little fear. But he paused and began
to declare his passion with all an In
dams eloquence
His dialect was crude, but his emo
ton was fierce. He compared
her with the most graceful palm, with
the raysst orchids. He said that the
sunrise was in her hair and the stars
/ in her eyes. He compared himself
with the great warrior Osceola, who
had slain so many whites. He offered
| to kill all the white men in orida
to please her. He spoke of his ealth
His turhan had a silver band made
out Of four silver dollars. He had a
gold watch, sixteen handkerchiefs, and
eighteen shirts lie had six of them
on. Gloria should have his grand
mothers forty pounds of beads to
wear-she should be a queen and she
would lot have to plow.
Gloria had often dreamed of her
first proposal of marriage. This was
it. It did not accord with her dreams
She was disguised, aghast, afraid
She could think of nothing to do.
She caught sight Of the dagger
that Katcalani wore in his belt. In
a sick horror of her fate she snatched
it from him. She had not the courage
to kill herself, or him, but she gave
him the knife and begged him tc
plunge it into her heart Katcalani
glared at her in a frenzy of humilia
ton and wrath. Then the child
woman wavered on her tired feet and
suddenly dropped to the ground in a
dead faint.
Katcalani's rolling eyes made out a
startling vision. Dick Freneau was
standing before him. The Indian guide
had put him ashore near the village
and was waiting for him to make in
quiries. Freneau had pushed through
the palmettos just in time to see
Gloria swoon. He recognized heI
by her fair skin and her bright hair
He approached Katcalani to claim heI
and the reward.
But the young chief was in no mood
for a parley. He CRASHED his teeth and
threatened Freheau with such blood
thirsty fury, that Freneau fell back
He felt his hair rise and his scalp al
ready going He retreated in such
haste that Katcalani did not pursue
him far. He stood watching for hin
to reappear.
Meanwhile, by another roundabout
land path, DR.. Royce had found the
Seminole village. He saw Gloria
where she lay on the ground. He
thought her some young Indian
maiden asleep. He paused to wake
her and ask if she had seen Gloria
He saw that she was Gloria.
Before he could stcop to lift her he
saw Katcalani turn and stare. The
Indian had a knife in his hand. He
had put one white man to fight: he
charged on this other. But Royce did
not fall back. He advanced. He was
half mad with his nights wandering
and he was afraid of nothing. With
his bare hands he went straight into
the fight.