Show C S THE rHE ONEIDA ONEIA COUNTESS COUNTESS I ROMANTIC STORY OF Or A YOUNG YOUNGS S INDIAN GIRL GIL Thou Not Die Dlo Forsaken She Said A Said A French Count Who Vho Became a Powerful verral Chief ChiefS Chief'S of or the tho S 'S In tho the year year year-of of the French revolution tion 1792 1702 a young man of good birth birth fine fino education and of good address address address ad ad- dress who was WM glad Alad to t escape from Paris with his life le went vent to to America AmerIca He lie le was wa tall tal and Ind handsome handsome with wih the tho manners of an aristocrat lie Ie endeavored to to support hm by fishing shooting and trapping but had made mado little when progress ho he was stricken down with the tho fever His end seemed coming Ho lie lo was wa alono alone and helpless helpless and commending himself him self Bel to the tho caro cat of heaven heaven ho lay ly down to t die dlo On the other side sido of the wood near ner which he had built bui his hut hut but but hidden entirely from his hi view vie th thero ro lay nn an Indian village I One Ono afternoon an nn Indian girl irl named out gathering berries espied the hut of 01 tho the stranger er and naturally peered lit in In Hearing learing no noi noho e and seeing no one one she finally entered and beheld a handsome man lying prone prone very palo pale pale and apparently dead dead Her womans woman's heart heart was touched with pity She saw too too that though insensible the tho te man was va still sti alive alve The young girl airl paused not to think of his color Her lel Heat fleet feet took her herback back to her wigwam wl whence she returned re ye turned with the milk mik rum and a blanket blanket With the latter she covered him him and pouring a little rum down do his throat throat she pillowed ved pUo his hb he head hed upon her lp lap and sat still und and watched him him Presently he ho opened hia hi fine eyes eyes and gave her a dim dim wandering wondering look look But he was faint Ho lie saw however in i the largo large largo lustrous lustrous black sot deep d ret ep-ret eyes of f tho the aqua equaw legibly written thou shall not die forsaken stranger stranger rho The Indian girl gil told her hor mother about the stranger At fr first t the squaw was va suspicious auspicious but she sho went with her daughter to sea the stran stranger el when her heart warmed to the tho young palo pale face face and with true tue womanly reeling feeling she busied herself about the tho sick man The women removed him hm to their own wigwam vig for better beter nurs nurs- l ing S I Three weeks weeks' good nursing nursing brought him hm around around and he was vas a man again in all aU but strength strength The rhe patient endurance on- on durance of the Counts Count Count with his graceful manners won tho the little community com cam and all al found a pang in their ure Ule hearts hears at the mention menton of C his hi depart depart- depart The old w warrior Nanita's father one ono morning said Stranger tranger the tho time has come when you should no longer lorger be a stranger You have havo a D name In your ow own country what is Arthur do de Lille Lillo Lie th they Y call cal me mo In my myown myown myown own country country 1 I en Then Arthur Arthur do do Lille Lie said sahl the tho chief stay ty wit wl our people another another moon Hunt wit wim us us fish with us us go goto goto goto to our council counci fr fires fira s smoke with U u uthen us then go back back to 10 our own country country t tOr Or tr r ou you ir-you the the edma life and aad will wi cast east your lo 10 j with us us we wo will wi adopt you in our ribe You shall bemy bemy be bo bomy 1 my son you Iha shall be a a. a hunter and a warrior our customs customs and our costumes costumes and we i give you a wife wie from tribe our c Nanita explained what he did not understand to 0 Do De Lille LUe wh who whO turning to t the chief chief said It I is well wel said saidi it shall shan be so and offered his hand band hand They smoked a pipe together and the understanding was waa Wa complete complete I As the time approached for his decision de do- I I cis ion De Do Lillo Lille Lie went to the old warrior and said De Lille Lie wants to t go into int retreat for three days to t his consider hs' hs decision decision He wants to bo be alone alono to consider tho the future future to t consult with the tho te Spirit Great Do De Da Lille Lie speaks wisely t It shall be beso BO so No one shall speak to t thee thee to toak ask ak anything anything of thee for fol three days clays days It was va so or ordered ered lie le took his g gun mn n nand and went to the top of a mountain and there considered his situation He reviewed mentally the the civilized savages of France France destroying everything everything every every- evelY- evelY thing that was WM good good Then rhen he turned I to the tho peaceful civilization of the savI savages sav say I ages going on around him him and thought of what ho he should lose lose nay had lost lost in France then o of the life le leof of toil tl and labor before beloro him himi then of ofIs Its Is fr freedom the tho tho joyous joyous wild wid life le of the tho Indian Indian Then he laid down dowa to rest and think think For three days he ho continued the meditations that that were vero to fix fir fx a life and at length length rose rosa from flom the ground in a psalm of praise praise 1 I I thank Thee Thee Father for tor this revelation revola- revola tion don of Th Thy will wi j The mind thus made up is fixed forever fr tot for I ever and it i was so with De Do Lille Lia Ho now sought the the accomplishment of his purpose with wih avidity On his way home he ho spoke to every evely evel one he met i and meeting the old warrior worrior be he said saidI I 1 am an Indian embrace mo me mO o I Welcome my son eon son And nd the tho the chief embraced him j S Do De Lillo Lle said that that he ho was ready for whatever ceremonies were necessary i I Ill 11 settle it at tho council counci of the tho braves tonight night tonight t was tho the reply I You promised mo me a wife wie I said Do De Lie Lille Give ive mo me Nanita Ono One moon from flom rom my adoption Into Int the tho the tribe Ill I'll Il take her hor S' S f My son son we wo must see seo what she he I says to that but I will wI not object object I They entered the wigwam carrying f sunshine into it it De Do Lillo Lilio stood up to o Nanita and said said Nan Nanita ita I am an an Indian Indian Help me mo to be b a good one one j Her bright eyes danced In ecstasy i as she threw throw herself on his hs bosOm bosOra and wept there Ho lie looked and i the toe mother was vas weeping on tho the old oldmans oldmans oldmans mans man's bosom Even the tha old warriors warrior's I eyes ayes were moist molet molt I IVe IQ Ve Lille Ule was adopted in he I wih with the usual ceremonies and groat I was there on tho the occasion and ind and at the the feast of sweets sweet when the the I 1 maple sugar ran he ho brought t anIta home lorne to his hla hi wigwam as his hi wire wife wie She Sho i proved a good wife wie always smIled bore boro hi him chil- chil upon him him and m many chi chiI I dr Iren dren De Do Lille Lle became a leading loading chief among imong the Indians His superior education education his knowledge of French and the Italian dialect became i of f great value to the tho te tribes and he ho hept I kept pt his bis hi own tribe at peace with the whites and aud ho was much respected by whits government Thus h o lived ive out our ur twenty years years f S I where ho Ho He visited Now New York York j earned so 10 o much ot at the tho restored trai Iran Iran- i. i 5 Y S Z I i of Franco France as M to t be beget ot the tho hope that that some of or tho the broad lands lands' he ho left loft there might bo be restored to to him him ar ani I he was not mistaken Ho lie sent ent one of his hs eons sons to Franco France to be educated Ho lie le sent another to bo be educated in Columbia Colum bia college who afterward became a n prominent lawyer in Kow v e York York He lie le himself himsel stayed with his hs tribe trIbe Ho ne was universally respected as n a faithful ally aly of the tho United States government government gov gay and eo so continued until isis his hi death in 1835 He lIe le was WM restored to his titles by Louis and so 50 Nanita became the Countess do Lille LUe She once visited vie vis vIs lIed Franco France with wIh her husband husband and was WI well wel received Sho She returned to America and spent her life Ufa in elegant luxury on a largo large estate tato in tha DC gh- gh of tho ho sp spot t where Sho sno first saw her husband husband Ills His son and hers is a titled man In InFranco inFranco Franco to |