Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-04-16

Shindas waited with All De Bah as
the gloom thckened about them.
After time, they saw Wood Pigeon
going toward the circle Of fires Shin
das stopped her, and In answer to bis
question she told him Toinette was
weeping beside the white man and
that the dog was with her.
fresh cutlery told them that at
Inst the time had come. and All De
Bah went TO the tepee and held back
the flap. He spoke to ToInette. call
Ing her Sol Yam Makwun. There was
no answer. He spoke again and en-
tered. After a brief interval, his
voice rose In demand for Shlndas.
and the young Seneca answered it.
All De Bah was hunting like an ami
NAL In the hInckness. The tepee was
empty. Toinette and Hepsihah Adams
were gone.
Shindas did not speak. There was
no light To reveal his face as he went
to the dsige of the river and saw that
canoe was gone. He grunted his
wonder when the Tall Man joined him.
The canoe had been launched within
fifty PAGES OF them. and they had not
heard sound. Words OF sef-ahase-
menf fell from All De Rah's lips. He
and Shindas were like two children.
and every man and woman In Chenuf-
so would taunt them because OF the
ease with which the escape had been
made But the missing canoe could
not be far distant The fngitives, one
Of them blind. could not possibly sue
coed In their flight. The night would
see the white man given to the stake,
and now that Silver Heels had proved
herself serpent In the tribe and
traitor to Tiaoga. she would probably
die with him.
All De Bah made queer sounds
In his chest us they ran to Tiaoga
and the exneciant people with him.
He was not as calm as Shindas
when they arrived. 1t was Shin
das who announced the deception of
the stranger whom they Ind accepted
Ms the trne spirit Of Sol Yam Makwum.
TIanga was coldly and terribly still.
His face changed before their eyes.
The burrows In II grew deeper. and ii
became Ms hard as stone In the fields
Then w.fds came weighted with the
decision Of death. rising until they
sWellnd In II passion that WAS like
fire consuming everything in its path.
He declared that his honor and the
honor Of his people lay In his hands.
lie called on Shndas and Ali De Bah
to 20 with him to recapture the fugi-
tiyes. for this was duty imposed on
him first of ALL Before the night was
much older. the fire stake should have
Its triumph. He had forgotten the
blind man, for man without eyes was
already dead He would give To the
flames the white girl who had be-
trayed them.
The fires burned down until they
were eyes In the night. Hours passed,
and the Senecas listened In the still
ness as Ii oppressed by fear. AT last
they heard the chanting Of voice
coming nearer as fast as a canoe could
travel. 1t was the death song with
which Tiaoga had grieved for his
daughter, and the savages were moved
by 1t ms leaves are moved by wind.
The suspense was broken, for In the
song of grief was also a note OF tri-
umph which brought the message that
Tiaoga had been successful In his
pursuit. Fresh fuel was piled ON the
fires and the flames leapt high. When
Tiaoga and his companions came from
the river. they brought no prisoner
with them. Yet a fierce light shone