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Show A OnlOHT SIOUX MAIDEN. A striking jfismple of th wonder being accomplished, through education In tho Indian racers" offered by th case pf Zltkala-Sa, a oung Bloux girl, who, Is attracting considerable attention atten-tion through her brilliant attainments. She Is a finished violinist, nn elocutionist elocu-tionist of more than ordinary ability, an author and a young lady of wide culture besides, Zltkala-Sa, , which means Ited Illrd, was born at th Yankton agency. South Dakota, and Is. a member nf the Sioux tribe. She ran wild over tho prairies until eltlit years old, when some missionaries visited the agency and took her along with some other children to their school In zitkalaW. Indiana. She remained thero three yar, .when she returned to the agon-it, agon-it, not yet being fitted for the now life. After n stay of four year In Iter native p4ac. stiu again, cm-cctt, en. fisrlniJ -tiurlhnm ' Coleuev nunfana: whero1iool:rledoft sevlrul prjre'j Jn, oratory. Ultimately she baame a member of tho faculty of Carlisle Indian In-dian school. Sbo realigned shortly to devote Her time to lljentunj and music, mu-sic, and now make her'bome In Dos-ton. Dos-ton. Sbo will go to the Paris exposition exposi-tion with the Carlisle Indian Hand. A lmiNCIl OF KltfjS. Trom the pitch black Interior of the freight elevator Mollle Carton reviewed re-viewed the situation. It was worth reviewing, being, as situations go, unique. In the first place, no young woman of sound mind tUa In a freight elevator ele-vator at midnight attired In n dinner gown as a mete pastime. Add to.thl the fact that the palrifully new nnd unyielding rope by which the lift wo propelled were being pulled upon by the clerk from the neighboring drug store-awakened from a sound sleep for the purpose and It will readily be seen that something unusual un-usual had hatineiKd In the Carton family . At that moment when the drug clerk was pulling Motile with Inflnlle pains tunurd, the fifth Hour. rar, of the apartment building In which the Cartons had the pleasure ofjresldlng, Mrs. Utirtoiv ut wringing bcr hands and culling upon he.tven'to vo her child uiMin the front stairs. To be exact, ex-act, It was upon tho first step of tho fourth flight of tlklrs she sat. Which should make It evident to everybody that she was conducting her lamentation lamenta-tion Just outside her own door. 8ho sat outside not from iholco. but bo-cause bo-cause she couldu t llei herself. In short, she was locked out. And so was Mbllle ' So was the drug clerk, for that matter, mat-ter, but the fifth apartment In the "JJrunhllda," 1101 being hi abiding plaie. lie -ii not take It to heart as Mrs. Carton did. Having known tho Cartons for only twenty minutes, his Interest In the matter was ns yet quakl-profcMlonal. """ HiK perhaps It would be better to begin nt the beginning. ' t He t known, tlinn. Hint Mrs. Carton, and her daughter bad been giving, j little dinner that oenlng Inn' gut-It! had stopped un rather late, and tbo Janitor, alter the manner of his kind, having put the lights gut, early. ,M1-lie ,M1-lie Hepped Into tile 'ball to light the, gas,-thai her frlendir; might find lhor wiydnwn tho winding stair In comfort. com-fort. Mrs. Carton followed her, nnd together they sped th parting dlucff. Whllo they were'thua engrossed, th door their own tremherou" front door Impelled by a slight draft, or by what somebody has railed tho total depravity if Inanlmatu'lulngp, clicked sharply shut. They both turned quickly, but It was too lato. Tbo latch bad dono It worst Their maid had departed Immediately Immediate-ly after serving, to a ball. Intending to spend the night with her sUr. Mr. Carton was out ot town on n business trip. So thero was no liopo of success from within. It wa obviously Impossible to go to a hotel attired In their evening frocks, llesldes, they had no money. They knew n,o one In tho building Their friends all lived at n distance. Their guest wero already beyond reach. 'Mrs. Carton entertained a mental vl 'ton of a night aptuuupon.tha atrccf or at best In n drafty lia!!injyaf sank down upon tho stain, artrcme. Ske also wept. Hut Molllo was young, and youth I eter resourceful. Also, she hid a keen sense of humor. Although she didn't dare let her mother know It. the, was aroused. At .all events, the situation savored of adventure, and an opportunity oppor-tunity for adventuro Is not to U lltht-ly lltht-ly disregarded, even It It dots laiolvo a little discomfort Sho patted bcr mother' shoulder soothingly. "Thero. there. Don't cry. dear. Tho Janitor I luro to havo a skeleton key. I'll ruh down and get It" Hut the Janitor hadn't any such thing. Moreover, bo resented being disturbed. II was a hard-working man, he said, and a night's sleep as aboutiall ha gob out 6f life aside Iron) thrco'mea) dally.vWhy didn't tho younrjllady (go ynko up th landlord. Landlords had an easy time. All tsey bad to do was collect rents. Tbey were Just mado to bo waked up. Tbey liked It. I'ortunatcly tho landlord lived across the street. So, wrapping Mrs, Janitor' shawl about her, Mollis vent forth to wake tbo landlord. Notwithstanding his rent-collecting habit, the landlord seemed to sbtra tho Janitor's"" vlows'on tho subject ot sleep. Ho hadn't a dupllrnto key, ho tnformril her, after at last he had been awakened and appeared at an upper window. He seemed to Mollle to gloat oi cr the tact. Ho Intimated that hi business wa renting apartments,' not running other people' domestic affairs. af-fairs. "Hut can't you suggest aomethlMT" Molllo cried, desperately. ' Wo oust get In, you know. Ilo suggested tho drug clerk on tho corner, who had a big bunch of ky might be able to opu tho door, and then ho shut tho wlhduw. The drug clerk was asleep, too, and bard to route, but at last opened tbo door wldoj Upon pcrptlvlng n young woman, however, he shut It again quickly, that bis disheveled luudltlon might not, bo too apparent, loafing, bowater, a crnsk wider inough for conversational con-versational purpose, "Olv me your prescription," 1" aid, extending a hand through tbo aperture, "III turn BP the light n soon a I get In the back loom, and you can coino In and lit down " It was harder than she thought It would bo to oxplnln hr orrand Millie' Mil-lie' tongue Mind to cleave to the toot of her mouth. 8be oxptrlsaeud dinicully In breathing. "I It It Isn't a prescription," & gasped. "Ol" said the clerk. It was all h said, but It sounded like, mors to Mollle. 8b kui U ,!I-lhaT MwoLW mother and I, you know ore In greit trouble- " "Of course, I understand." ssld drug clerk, Instant sympathy In U tone . 1 ."What doe be understand!" thought Wollle wildly. "1 v "Don't you Vnow yurphyslelan'a telephone number" he went on. '"I'll call htm up right away." "'It Isn't lllitfss. It willy Isn't any-Ulflg any-Ulflg In your line ot buslne. We are hU locked out" Mollle blurted It out at last She leaved a little sigh of relief and hurried hur-ried on. VOttr landlord saldjoo bad a big lunch of keya and were e"ry clever tout about such things. And I Ipped Jou'd help us. mi I ventured to take you. It really Is n serious matter, mat-ter, or I wouldn't have dreamed of dls-lirtili) dls-lirtili) ar you." There was a tremble In her voice ttst convinced the drug clerk. It was Ue mmc tremble that won Hie "land-hn). "land-hn). Moreover, she was young and If was young And be did hsppeu to Kee a good temper. "I oni)ht not tp, leave the store," hn Uld. "Touble for me If I get caughti U It near!" L' ("Just around Tho eornr," Mollle listened to assure him , j"Walt n minute, then, until I get '(jessed, nnd I II come wtth you " jit seemed n long time before he (merged. Jingling hi hiinth of keys, lilt lie- really made n hally tollej. To-ijther To-ijther they repaired to' Mollle' flat, ind the clerk trleilhl best to unlock tlie door but fslleiL ' 1 hen Molllo siig-1 listed the freight elevator. j"Vou know there Is a sliding door In our kitchen where w take the groceries gro-ceries nnd things off th elvatnr. llary never locks It. I hao to do that ivery night the last thing So It Is rare to he open And lt qulft) a large (oor. I'm sure I could crawl thruugit It," Then she turned to the drug clerk JtprccaUngly. jj'Tm at raid I'm lionxy and, the rope lin stiff. Hut Itrfiytm Suppose you tiuld pull in 1111 (Hi thrf rleVatorr' : )Tho Janllor'i wife's shawl hid dipped off by this time, and Mollle tjuked no pretty that It would have I' Ajlliffll' taken a fsr more seasoned Jouth than IK dtua; ejerk to wttiiaUntttUat,faya5 my aban Btwi plaa-SBiMrleaaaSJPai "I'm suro I can," ho' answered, valiantly. "lVt good plan.'1 - Hut Mr. Carton refused to eo In It anything but her daughter doom. "You'll bo killed," she sobbed. "And then what will your father say?" Molllo nnd tbo clerk descended la tho basement, which, of course, was dark, but fortunately the drug cterk had n match. Tbey found the elevator after a short search. It wasn't a large elevator,. but Molllo squeezed herself In nnd t llko n quarter-opened Jack-knife, Jack-knife, her head bumping the lop of tho elevator and her elbows resting on her knees. It wasn't comfortable. As tbo machine, reached tho first floor a volco startled them both. It seemed to couio from above them. "Jllss Carton," It said, "your door Is open. Mr. Carton, would like you to, como upstair ". " I'WhatT exclaimed MoJUe and th. drug clergln the s'ame breath. "How did It happen!" Hut tho volco vouchsafed no explanation. It was an easy matter to drop tho elevator tho few feet It had ascended. Molllo scrambled out Sho and tho drug clerk ran upstairs. Mr. Carton met them at their door beaming A tall, athlcUc-looklng' young fellow stood bestdo her. "My dear," she said, "let mo present Mr. Moore, who has so Kindly, I might aay bravely, helped us out of our dl-leraraa.'jr dl-leraraa.'jr 1 "Hut bowT" demanded Mollle. heedless heed-less of conventlJiii. V'llow In tbo world did be do Itt" ''Very simple, I assure you, Miss Carton," said tbo deliverer. "O, my dear, bo ran n most fearful rlskl" exclaimed her mother. "I happened to be on ot the baih-tlora baih-tlora that keep bouae Just across tho ball from you," continued tho deliverer. deliver-er. "I ramo home late and found Mrs. Carton sitting outside our door In deepest djstrea. I naturally asked If I oould Im'bf khIc. And then " "And then, Molllo," Interrupted Mrs. Carton, "h went Into his kitchen and opened Ms door, In tho elavatpr abaft "PpQfltd to dur prll our inn wtth an umbrella, nnd swung acroi that awful chasm right Into our kitchen. W'Mn't that splradld!" Mr ftrUn!JttfUVu,'obt oCbre.Hi. Jack Moor lsughed. "Tor man with a Yale flld day or two back of blm It wa nothing at all," ho tald. r i Hut Molt! looked ImprofMd. The Drug clerk w It and knew that hi brief moment wa pait It bad Lmii Slotting while It lasted. Miss Carton wa churmlng. He hail novsr Mm o near to a girl of her clta b-tor. b-tor. Hut h wa glad he knew WioUflU iu.tfalit that It waa over. J Jjyi'AMuTftnd Mulll both begged blm to MinV'ra and have somo sup-Pr. sup-Pr. Mollle vn ald she d do some-filng some-filng on the chafing dish fur blm. Hut be declined He uld bo had to get back to the store. k As he bathed his smarting hands' with hamamell In the safe haven ot the prescription mom ha Indulged, In a few bitter tliooRbts. lie remembered remem-bered how pretty Mis Carton was. Motirn thought so, too. Ilo knew by the way he looked at her. At this moment th Yale -man wa probably consuming the rarebit that he, the drug elork. had renlljr earned. The aehe wber hit hands were scraped by the rope seemed to grow worse, "It's a deueeilly tiueo,ua! world," ho decided. |