Evening star., 1930-03-30
THE DAILY STORY
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in a way to prove that the fortitude
which had brought him so distinguished
name had in no degree deserted
him.
MY father is very old, but he has
not yet looked upon eyerythinR." said
Hardheart, IN . voice 50 clear as to be
heard by all present. "He has never
seen bu1alo change TO a bat; he win
never see a Pawnee become q Sioux"
There was o suddenness and yet O
calmneSs in the manner Of delivering
this decision which assured most Of
the auditors that it was unalterable.
The heart OF lie Balafre, however, was
yearning toward the youth, and the
fondness OF age was not SO readily re-
pulsed. Reproving the burst Of ad-
miration and triumph to which the
boldness of the declaration and the
freshened hopes Of revenge had given
rise, by turning his cleaning eye around
the band, the veteran again addressed
MS adopted, child as If his purpose was
not to be denied.
"It is WE'LL" he said. such are the
words brave should use, that the
warriors may see his heart. The day
has been when the voice of LIE Balafre
was loudest among the lodges of the
KonsaS But the root of a white hair
is wisdom My child. will show the
Tetons that he is brave, by striking
their enemies. Men of the Dahcotahs,
this is my son!"
The rawnee hesitated a moment. and
then stepping in front of the chief, he
took his hard and wrinkled hand and
laid 1t with reverence on his head, as
II to acknowledge the extent of his
obligation. Then recoiling a step, he
raised his person to its greatest eleva-
tion, and looked upon the hostile band
by which he was environed with an
air OF loftineSs and disdain, as he spoke
aloud in the language of the Sioux:
"Hardheart has looked at himself
within and without. He has thought of
all he has done in the hunts and In the
wars. Everywhere he is the same
There is no change; he is in all things
a Pawnee. He has struck so many
Tetons that he could never eat in their
lodges His arrows would fly backward;
the point of his lance would be on the
every whoop he gave; their enemies
would laugh. Do the TetonS know a
Loup? Let them look at him again.
His head is painted, his arm is flesh,
his heart is rock. When the Tetons see
the sun come from the Rocky Noun
tains and move toward the land of the
Palefaces, the mind Of Hardheart will
soften and his spirit will become Sioux.
Until that day he will live and die
Pawnee."
A yell of delight, in which admira-
ton and ferocity were strangely
mingled, interrupted the speaker, and
but too clearly announced the char
acter Of his fate. The captive waited
q moment for the commotion to SUBJ
side, and then turning again to LIE
Balafre, he continued in tones con-
ciliating and kind, as If he felt the pro-
priety of Softening his refusal in a
manner not to wound the pride of one
willing to be his benefactor.
Let my father lean heavier on the
fawn of the DahcotahS," he said: "she
Is weak now, but as her lodge fills with
young she will be stronger. See," he
added, directing the eyes of the other
to the earnest Countenance of the at
tentive trapper, "Hardheart is not with
out a grayhead to show him the path
to the blessed prairies. If he ever has
another father, it shall be that just
warrior"
lie Balafre turned away in disap-
pointment from the youth, and ap-
preached the stranger who had thus
anticipated his design.