The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-09-09

what. Barney"
THAT l might have been born on
the Rock. Miss cafcw."
Barney Ethel rcbuked him by
hls own name gently. ~Barneys-
You can't want me to call
you"
Il eansf"
Ether he said. hardly whisper
ing Il. but she heard. -Ethelr' he
olenched hts hands behind him. and
she stepped farther back. That's
tho way / was born. believer
Let's believe Il. Barney
Miss carewr
Il don't mind believing II. Rar
ncy' II doesn't change youi Ex
eept to mako you finerr'
Finer
because you've had 20 do Il al
YOURSELF Don't you SEQ how T.
she fsltcrcd little and substituted
how every one must admire you
only more for that Besides. my
people arr 10 blamey''
How do you meant" he asked
quickly.
They must be. We both OF IA
know together that my peoplc--m,
grandfather and my uncle. az least
tried TO harm you. No, 60 hurt
you. perhaps. but they saw that
ouinian was killed before he could
find you. Why You hadn't done
anything 90 any OF my family: you
hadn't even heard OF them before
you met me. II was what you we're
because you were that baby born
on the Rock. and they knew H."
Il said you might bc--any oner
she recalled. gazing up at him with
eyes suddenly wet. you arc not
not Just an outcast born In an In.
dian hut. don't think I'd care II
you wcrcr'
She had not intended 70 shy what
she had. but having said IL. she
meant Il. She would not care II he
were an outcast born In a chlppe.
wa shack: bur the certainty that no
was not was never clearer to her
than now.
II know now why grandfather
feared the Rock all these years.
Barney. Il was for fear you'd come
back That's why the house was
built and left 10 wait: for youl"
But this which we learned TO.
night. Barney. helps a lot. your
mother came--with you she added
gently. TO the shore there beyond
ST. Florcntln. In April--the moon
Of the breaking snowshoes." she 70.
peated the poetry OF the Indian
phrase. Noah Io--we may as well
cssli him that--took her In his boat
across the channel TO Resurrection
Rock where he and his wife took
care Of her. You WERE bora there:
In September your mother was sick
She did not dle--therc. at least. hut
she went away and did not come
back. though Noah 10 waited ere
untll winter"
November. he meant Barney
supplied. ~He spoke of the freezing
Of water. that Is the Chippewa name
Tor Sovcmbcr--thc moon OF tho
freezing again."
81 see. And then. as he was a
nofnnf. he went away and took you;
he died--now you're coming to az.
fairs you learned from Azcn Aabo--
and gave you TO Axen without being
able 20 tell anything about you bu,
that the ring went with you. We
really got quite a lot tonight. didn't
We. Barney"
1--WE got" Barney said. his hands
xtili eienched behind him. more
than I ever had in all my life be.
fore"
lie moved little nearer hsr. Il
mean from you Miss Ethel Carcw.
You're strange girl: the finest and
noblest In all the world" he add~i
quickly. "You turned against your
own people. and you trusted mer'
You. Barney Why notf How
could help ~"
"Dontr' he warned swiftly. I've
got to thinking about you In way
l never should"
How do you think about me.
Barncy7''
Think" he repeated. II don't
think about you. I can't. love
love--love you' There. Two said itF'
He snatched his hands apart behind
him and struck them together before
him in HIS dlsTnay.
You love me. rarnevT- she said.
Love youi Love your
II love you. Barney. i've loved
you from our first morning together.
I think"