The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-02-26
BY JOHN FOE7r

|N"M INV" q W. % NAM NANA ANNAfHl
lin. hut you dori know how
would have felt u he had killed
you ] don't myself
she began pattinr hcr hand.
gently ana helpiossiy together. and
aRain she dropped her chin int,
thcm with hcr eyes liftcd 90 no.,
moon.
Whenever you look al tha.
moon over IN that dark wilderness
I wish YOU would please think uI
Your little cousln-wll yuuH
You don @ know how often ouI
thoughts Will truss. and that SIl|
De t rrnut comfort 90 me Some.
times I am afraid There s q
vlld strain uu my mother side.
and 30 d. sn me- am afraid I mas
.otucflmc DO something very fool
IN. and 10 won Q be me at an 10
will De somebody that died long
aeo She put both her hards
over bis and held them tight.
never never distruatcd you.
thrust You move than anybody else
~ the whole world except my ia-
ther. and he insight hf away or -
dc gave a lttlc sob he might
get killed want you 10 make
10. 70 promise.
Anything said the boy
husklly.
want you 90 PROMISE me that.
no matter when, NO matter where
~ are. it I need YOU and send for
YOU you will come And Indian
like he put hiH forehead on both
hef little hands.
Thank you. ! must gn now
Hswildorsd and lazed. the boy rose
ami ~nwkwurdly put ont hls hand
klss me good-hy. She put her
aims about hla neck, and tor She
first time In his lie the boy ilpa
met "a woman ~ ior % moment she
put her face ugulust bis and at hts
eur was % whisper.
Good-by. EralInei And sLp
Wa ruup-swiftN-lcuylur the hus.
in % dizzy world OF falling .tur
through which "a white fight loaprd
% heights his soul had never
dreamed.
with the head of Clark column
% stul,tart hackwoodsmeu went
DnV" Nundcil and Erskinc Dale.
During the months kashlskio
feil. then N.ncennes PASSED INTO
The hands of the Americana and
Erakino Dale went forth al dawn.
ana his coming into the Shawnee
camp was like the coming OF a
king Early Morn greeted him
with glowing eyes. his fuster-moth-
90 brought him food, lookluE
proudly upon him, and old kahtuo
iafaugucd his braves around the
council-polc.
Ny % spoke words of truth.
DE proclaimed generously. Ie
warned us against tho king over the
vhtcrH and inid us Co make friends
With the Americans. My son .s
tn true prophet Bring ont he
iaise unc and crooked L|Ightu4nl
and Black Nolf. Whose HE my son
saved though tho two were emo
mics. My son hall do with chem
as De pleuscs.
Many young braves sprang Will
ingly forward and the three were
hailed before Erslkinc.
Erfkinc rose and flyed his eyes
atcrnly on the covering prophet.
Tie shall $50 forth from the vile
lagc ana shall never return. "a,
is a false prophet and he must
go. He turned 90 Crooked Light
ninE;
Crooked Lightning shall go or
stay as he picurcs. Black Wolf
shnll stay, for the tribe will need
him as "a hunter and q warrior
against the English foes of the
Long Knives.
Tho braves Eiuntod approval
Black Wolf and Crooked lightning
ayerted their faces and the prophet
shamblcd uneazily away.
Again old kahtoo proclaimed
generously. II is wrlli' and vent
back 20 his tent There he sank
YEARLY on "a buffalo-skin and
pleaded with the boy Co stay with
thom af chief la his stead. lie
was very old. and now that peace
WIS made he was willing 10 die. 10
tgskine woald but give mis- prom
lse, he would never rise again from
where ho lay.
Erskino shook hie head and the
Old man sorrowfuliy turned his
face.
Ana yet Erskine fingered on and
on 90 the village.
OF the white woman he had
learned little other than that che
hsd been bought from another tribe
aud adopted by old kahtoo; bur 10
was plain that since the threatened
burning u her she had aeen held
ip hiEh respect by the whole tribe.
lie had never talked with her.
lint hc never moved about the 1nmu
mat he aid not feel her eyes upon
him. And Early Morn + big soft
eyes. too. never seemed TO leave
Him She brought him food. she
sat ot the door OF his tent. she foi.
lowed him about the village and
bore herself openly Rs his slave
~ last old knhtuo. who wouff
- aHaH.. nfs . Al an.. 49,. $3.50
With him 10 marry her. and while
he was talking the girl stood At
the door OF the tent ana Interrupted
them. Her mothers eyes were
grawinE dim she said. Her mother
wanted to talk with White Arrow
aud look upon his face before her
sie1lt should altogether pass.
Nor could Erskine know that Tho
whitC woman wanted TO look iutd
the eyes Of the man she hoped
would become her daughter q hua.
ban. but kahtoo did, AMI he Dade
ErSklno 20. Erskine rose and
went to the white womhp's tent
Shf snt just inside the opening
WITH "A blanket ACROSS the lower
hall OF her face. she piled hin
With questions and lstoned eagerly
10 his every word. and drew from
him every detail Of hiH life ~ fni
hack az he could remember.
Poor soal. Il was the first oppor.
Unity for many years That she had
"a talk with amy white person who
had been In the eastern world, anf
frceiy and frankly he held nothing
NHcI.
When IN turn he questioned her
sho told little. and his own NATIVE
daucacy made him understand She
too had been captured with a spi
WIN would have been about Frs.
hiaes age. but her boy and he.
hdsband had been killed. She ha'