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Show INDIAN JILTS GIRL WHO RAN AWAY TO WED HIM . i Romance of Mies Madelaine Sullivan, Dashing Chicago Girl, Hits New i Snags Plenty Hawks Puffs Cigarette Cigar-ette In Cell and Says White Squaw Is Too Much Trouble. Tho romance of Miss Madelaine Sullivan, Sul-livan, Chicago helross, who almost married Plenty Hnwks, Crow Indian brave, has rim Into a co-'e -' pw , snngs. The Indian, in Jail in the res- j ervation near Sheridan, Va, Nsca-se of his elopement with Miss Sullivan, has announcod, according to dispatches, dispatch-es, that ho is through with the girl, and Mrs. Minnie Klrchberg Sullivan, tho girl's mothor, has changed hor Intention of Inviting Plenty Hawks to Chicago, saying she would ask the government, If necessary, to keep him on the rosorvatlon. "White- bfjuaw too much trouble," said the Indian, according to tho dispatches, dis-patches, as he puffed a clsarotte In his coll. "Me through with white souaw. Indian squaw good enough for Plenty Hawks." Tho red man apparently has been much pleased with his Jail life, us it gives him unlimited case, throo square meals a day and opportunity to smoke unlimited cigarettes. The dispatch denied Miss Sullt vim's story thnt he wag a large landowner, saying that his 'property consisted of several horso. Mrs. Sullivan, the girl's mothor, had announced that she would have Plenty Hawks brought to Chicago. In the hopo thnt tho sight of htm in urban surroundings would disiUuaionlse tbft girl, but she rhaugtd hor mind and now says she would kotjp her daugh- j ter aud the Indian bravo npart. "Madelaine and thnt awful Iudlan must bo kept apart," said she. "I bad j thought she might soo him hi his true i light If ho came hor a, but I have decided de-cided that she must never soo him again. If necessary. I will ask the government to keop tho Indian on the reservation. In order to ap&rato thorn." The announcsmor-t aid not seem to plfas Miss Madelaine. Sho said, "If ho doog not Conje to Chicago 1 will go woet and be near him again. "Tho Indian agent who throw Plenty Plen-ty Hnwks and me Into Jail is respon- slble for many false reports coming i out of Sheridan. While I was thero 1 lived at tho homo of tho sister of Plenty Hawks, Mrs. Winter, whose Indian In-dian name is Snow-ln-the-Wlnler She lived twenty-one miles from her bi other. oth-er. "I am tired of this way of living, anyhow. After one has lived the free, delightful life of the western prairies, this sort of existence Is tame and tiresome. tire-some. I'm going to buy a saddlo horse and three Russian wolf hounds, and get some out of door sport. I am I weary of being cooped up In a flsL J "Plenty Hawks still loves mo, I ' am 'Sure. Before long we will he to- I gotlfer again, and forget all this uu-happlnoss uu-happlnoss and separation." "Will you wish your friends to moot Plenty Hawks, Madelaine?" was askod. "If my frionds wish to seo me they must be food to Plenty Hawks," was the haughty response. The girl added that if the young men who had courted her did not like her Indian sweetheart they could stay away from him and from her, too. "Besides," she almost sbouted, "remember "re-member this, my Indian sweetheart Is a gentleman.. He is no helross hunter. hunt-er. Ho Is wealthy In his own rlghL He Is no pretender to phjslcal prowess, prow-ess, for he is apparently (physical perfection. per-fection. He does not lie. ho doos not steal, he dees not make false pretenses. pre-tenses. He Is a Crow Indian, and I believe a Crow Indian Is the noblest work of God. I have lived In tho tepees te-pees of those people and I know thorn. They are nearer to God than any white people. Thoy live simpler, more hon-out hon-out lives Uian white people. They are kind to everybody and they would divide their last crust with n wayfarer. way-farer. "God made tho Indian before he made the white man. Perhams God has removed the Indian from this mundane mun-dane sphoro to anvo him from contamination. contam-ination. But thoBo that nre left ut least of the Crows aro honorable men and women, who scorn to deal falsely, and whose words aro from their hearts. I "I have given my word that I will marry Plenty Hawks, and I will. My mother puts stress on the fact that ho will kill mo It I do not. I think he would kill mo If I broak faith with him. "I am not to be a common blanket bqunw, compelled to walk four paces behind her lord and sit near tho tent door to chase wood while ho site behind be-hind the fire; but let mo tell yon that cvon If that wore tho penalty I still would marry blm." "Kind Hoovan!" gasped Mr. SulJI-I SulJI-I an. and sighed. Despite tho amazing admissions of ' tho young woman, scores of ber for-I for-I mer admlrera in Chicago telephoned and called In person within the firat twelve hours of her enforced visit at home. Few of them bellevo she will carry out her threat of marrying Plenty Hawks, and several hare renewed re-newed actlvo efforts to win her favor. |