The evening world., 1916-06-03
lie seized oioria's hand and shouted:

lie seized 0ioria's hand and shouted:
III boy n sQuaw he IL my sQuaw.'
Gloria did not understand the
meaning OF this. But she saw that
1t had not endeared her to the Indian
women. They murmured their wrath
and would have struck her down II
Katcalani had not protected her. She
drew closer to him and he took that
for consent.
Gloria tried to explain who she was.
but the fame OF her fathers wealth
had not penetrated to these depths.
IL they understood her frantic cry
that she was rich, they mumbled: "All
white folks liars all the time"
They led her into the village, q
huddled group OF palmetto shacks,
mainly open sheds with roof
thatched Of palmetto leaves. The
place was not attractive to any OF
the senses. Tho Seminoles are not
neat. Dead hsh lying about the
ground and old terrapin shells
pleased neither the eye nor the nose.
Shonoiakee frst went aside and sent
the dead chiefs horse on the long
road to the happy pastures. Then
she returned to prepare Gloria for the
honor OF becoming the wife Of the
chief. She led her into her own hut
and gave her the habiliments Of an
honest sQuaw in place OF the boys
disgraceful togs. Seminole ladies are
modest. Then she showed Gloria a
little sewing machine. She bad
bought II with the proceeds of rattle
snake skins she had sold to tourists
in the villages along the railroad. She
promised Gloria that some day II she
were good she might be allowed to
play on the machine. The squaw's
idea OF being good consisted larg Ny
OF doing heavy labor. The first duty
OF wife was to gather wood for II g
fire. She set Gloria TO work.
Seeing the pitiful little thing in her
Indian rags. bending down TO pick up
sticks, Royce himself might have
passed her without a second look.
Royce was not the only one In the
everglades hunting the estray. Fre-
neau had gone as far as his motor
boat would carry him. Then he rad
found q native Indian with a dug out,
a cypress log followed. The Indian
drove Il with a pole. He had nea-d
nothing OF Gloria's presence In tne
thicket. but ne promised to guide
Freneau to some Of the scattered VII
lages.
Meanwhile DR.. Royce. hunting in
every direction. had happened upon
the home of the Sipes, and had asked
about Gloria. Fearing that he had
come to demand the return OF Gloria 3
Jewels they pretended not to have
seen her But Royce caught a
glimpse Of Gloris's evening dress,
which Mrs. Sipe was trying TO aidc,
He charged the Sipes with deception
probably with murder.
They hastened to confess that they
had seen her and heloed 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 Rovce in q false direction. too
He laughed as he saw the crazy
stranger In the tattered evening dress
starting away in his blindman's buff
not knowing that rivals were search
ing the wilderness. not knowing that
Gloria was now In Indian servitude.
The young chief. Katcalani. kept
watching Gloria. Her whiteness. her
with which sha lifted a crooked fag
got from the orushwood. and the
luxurious aureole OF her hair in the
Florida sun made him frantic to call
her his own. He oeckoned hsr to fol-
low him and lad her to a distance
whars tha ahamblinR, duskv women
OF his tribe could not see him bow
his turbansd head to tho ohalk-fsced
sQuaw.
Gloria hoped that the peculiar per.
son was going to help her to escape
and she followed him with only little
fear. But he paused and began to de-
clare his passion with all an Indians
eleQuence.
His dialect was crude. but his emo.
tion was fierce. He compared her with
the most graceful palm. with the
rarest orchids. Ho said that the sun,
rise was In her hair and the stars In
her eyes. He compared himself with
slain so manv whites, He offered &c
kill all the white men in Florida to
please her. He spoke OF his wealth
His turban had q silver band made
out OF four silver dollars. He had a
gold watch. sixteen handkerchiefs and
eighteen shirts. He had six of them
on. Gloria should have his grand
mothers forty pounds OF beads tc
wear-shs should be q queen and she
would not have to plough.
Gloria had often dreamed OF her flrs'
proposal OF marriage. This was II. I,
did not accord with her dreams. She
was disgusted. aghast, afraid. She
could think Of nothing to do.
cbo Sdu&ut Slknt Oh tut ua8keT tHhl
Katcalani wore In his belt. In sick
horror OF her fate she snatched II
from him. She had not the courage
TO kin herself, or him. but she gave
him the knife and begged him to
plunge II into her heart, Katcalani
glared at her In O frenzy of humili-
alton and wrath. Then the child
woman wavered on her tired feet
and suddenly dropped to the ground
In a dead faint.
Katcalanrs rolling eyes made out
q 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 Inquiries. Freneau had passed
through the palmettos just in time
to soc Gloria swoon. He rscogni zed
her by her fair skin and her bright
hair. He approached Katcalani to
claim her and the reward.