Show v U h 50 fill 41 IV rn ja gh m cl ta lc of f e deop people e ai of thi th 1 ca A romantic ic shovel skovel A by y briant q ham young i oung copyright 1904 by runt young fourteenth installment coll Conti tili hiP tiet froin rom lait impressive were holi hold when tile the mail was waa burled lie he being pet jowl down 11 tile middle or of ili ilia counell council liall erect wid and looking toward the entrance to vast bindi re glon whence I 1 hud had gone und find then lilu wife unit anil celdren gut gathering berIng around him they silently silt nty foil on their faces before tho body attil in l appeared to be offering up idlene prayer away off la in ilia lio dolance sounded tile the pallie ofalie wl wd doin hi a born borit shaped instrument hidu of clay at and used much ni as acor ft cornet liet tho ilia music being produced prid by mowing sounded unil and 3 of en 11 phan tingly sweet beng echoed tile the bully and then the hie reverend ra M art arl dug in ills hid hocut spoke spile coyly und find I 1 tilt till crenn crean wo we are hitting hiding our faces facea from thee us ua wo on oell ur or a vold to thy imperial Imper lul presence beford being I 1 lelur iud to itie ilia flesh leili arid tilt judge not dot i let ills his ins ills though tiley they bo baliv bo ot washed awry let ills hla future being in III I 1 ihu llach bo be U UP 64 ps of tile livilla of tin in berial put iut upon us lis III nil tile lie celip ee lip p of thine merciful presence and tilt our eternal god who riot not in pip ilia light alone of alo wisdom aln hid nd of purly ityl bat built ip ilia dark of 0 vice and lid il impurity aud and ph ob our god as thou than diat lock town apon its innee nUe us u reel feel that hut art its judging dob notify IY pur deeds and errors ti of fIffe ufa but by thy hy As ali the feeling elIng He me elny ilia lie light so if ie tho soul prather light ot fit illy irod puce nud anti tilt iri 16 id flit tufit ligh ati ie craves arid fiat him bill upon ih dext text jourvey journey of life A silence deep find and impressive fai fc il apon tie nu as the chief concluded ills ids ort off still rounded bounded the note pf af tile the wd dom doin playing now a jolou wile tune I 1 afar air town the misty caa hooli tile the wily body faced a white light unit it voice Pec inIng but a sounded nul and it spoke ohl people of 0 thy v fees raised D unison bleached leached far into hito tile alif of failing light antl nd taa be deeds and doings of tile UK mitt who lias ua but re antoret the ilia iko litis been recorded antl ho wilt will have a ufa thit that wll be bit bilt n A he woi wits up to in tile the almi ile hu tile iho pull ibah fur deep ug as tile tho pouted of deepest bell ball the joyous ring mound and calio ili n tile the halls whore where lit ila eternal dwell for tile tho brother lq le not nol ills misdeeds by be remembered ip ill thy minds nor ili ll 11 alil thine tie hearton pars para lie bounded dell hut judge he be as ye lire judged in merey mercy and lu in aud then burnt out from gathered around it a joyous tad and from frodi rocc thu esol of the deported oil oi onildo Binl dit 1 3 theli inan all being discerned tile tho horold aud though lit hubn bo gono gone fioti botn UN v ITIs but a little until liewig hewell I 1 join vs V aad then theil wo we know it not ile ie be burp agthe mighty wd 11 the WAY body was airn ahrn placed upon it a fixture ft a ulof blot anti and was curried carriell kiy by the relatives the be not nob ri 0 apra ita the procession 1 which 44 islic it flown dawni ono one of the i lallia lall ij hung tho sawo inie refrain lef rula willell which echoed and re echoed vii the lie i 1 hails fainter find and fainter piu WMS I 1 alone for or I 1 dared not fol foi low ow them thein tu to thil ort accursed arcu raed place where ta they were at d its as I 1 slowly wandered I bauit auit to toily WY edit I 1 vas indeed 1 anil alone and buining through my ivy litand wai wa 4 H n phrase atrid that was 1 I 1 belleme there is sa it god I 1 0 1 o plin nati rind nd vp es how can bunn lan ollig on oil the biln brink of everlasting llie life tir the agle of purity I 1 A drink ilbrink 11 ohp he pure air of righteousness and ef f virtuous strength arid ye yet t question tho the right boyar hosny osny there la Is a T god od I 1 feel its a though I 1 were tt a god M it 1 b littee ve pure pura thoughts arid and I 1 huye made luide p fe ra asks on the be page of life and why am I 1 not a rod god could fony I 1 nay anti and why nin am I 1 not it i gody god find and as I 1 sank wearily buck back on my bed a sIng lot tiny ray of 0 pure light entered illy all and it took tile the shape of A god the god od of Thouy Thour ht and alid tile he gold god weaving itself from fancy it to a realistic being stood up lit in robes af purest thought nud arid pointing its hand bund lit at inu ine kuld huld why MY cunat thou not lion oe B god have not men who have a life of bin aln to blonn fir tile kingdom of the pod god thou dost believe lit with their untainted ask repentance when they know it la Is but fur them binl lin vc they not rec received Elved it und and why not you repent althou ai thou flost bost value the boing being which guvo gave you life and health find when thou hnat hast repented then may limy thou enter that hut kingdom find had omit efi cannot linot you sty s ij aria am I 1 riot it god anti thought tied lied leaving gierin a or blank inaction liia clfon CHAPTER tile the fete lay day lit fit lust lost arrived and the i for a co complete observance of thu the time flute kind been completed anti the llie consequence wits that nil all tile the corridors leading to the main hall or counell council chamber where the ho rites wore were to be observed vedi were decorated lit IH var legated colors gold being predo predominant throughout this hull hall had heen been fitted up in beau beail and colura colors the central figures reo eving the ilia most attention anti and small houses something titter tile th piano of bootha in n church fair hall had been erected wherein certain rites to lo anch tribe wire were to tube be observed and and iii garlands parlo nils or of gold anti and moss wele twined and arrana ol iu ili shapes tile ceremonies were commenced titter the HIB tribe lidd assembled and ray my heart throbbed a when I 1 the tit III tit title of for forma W wom eu seem ing to prevail us as acas na tile allent men i is little attla inure inore so go with the llie odthe of the three chiefs of tribes i who coming front from tilt in central entrance yore preceded by a musician in III chief followed by several small children dressed in nothing mote than ari a breech reeoh til id who tavo gave the national air if a kind or inharmonious cound unit billowed fill toll owed its they had fully en tho the hall b it a low sweet solo by tile tho musician in ellier chief which fur for ex sweetness I 1 have never heard bcd the people of nf till who appeared to dearly love music fill 9 to lent th t ti in rim full enjoyment to tile the occasion add while ilia HB notes continued through the vast hall though the full tribe wits was there lit in that thai one oi rodin still it wan wa so ha large vast that there was plenty of room left in ili which lu in enjoy ones self and it in faiet a large circular place had been it if it ft in tile the center cemer for the tit of their sports in which koo bejo told tile me elny excelled after lift ho three chi chiefa e fd h had a d been seated at the he chief it ha ta arose anti offering up I 1 11 short prayer to the ilia god declared 11 that people of tilt we meet here for a eadred duty a duty that devolves upon us its all anti and nil nh my brothers brolli erf always keep tile the gods image before thee und and remember that thou than too may fully be a god so BO take care of oftay aby beings accordingly and then ilia iho time ready for the beginning of tile tho spurts sports and dance the first was a dance by ilia ha child rou ran who with peculiar mot cotlove love of their budy body and by expressive gestures gesture contrived that they had alt died d before arid and were now revealing lit in the innocence of childhood followed by a number of wrestling bouls between some of the members tile the winner being rewarded reward fd wi with th a slits f of gold I 1 was waa ninde a gug honor for the day hy being seated belde the chiefa and nd therefore saw law tl the amusements offered in a very min tiar after afier the wrestling in which ills winner a young giant had successfully thrown four men in quick Bucce arion tilon arid and had received ils reward a young woman came into the center of 0 t the hull hall a mod beautiful being with a face of such beauty that woman hater buter as an I 1 was waa I 1 could scarcely keep my eyes 0 oil form rivaling a hebe and in fact us ua graceful arid and enchanting as an indian could be ifer her performance was nothing more or nr less leas than with a bow find and arrow which ila told tile me was handed down from the time of vau bo hini himself self and such feits feita with those akward things I 1 ne before standing erect with the bow lit in her hand blind she ahe wits indeed a subject for a picture aud when with a swift movement title aho throw threw the arrow true it went to to its mark fully two hundred feet away and struck lit in a piece of texture texture folded many tImes quivering ru aa it struck next site he ogk a small boy and standing dim nim bero before reher her about fifty feet away she took a place piece of coin coln ged arid and stuck I 1 in n upright oil ills hta head hold ing hi it in place with a small sheath of lot lold nod and stepping back with act actively icelY a glance let toe the string go arid the money went ant spinning tile iho arrow sticking lit in the texture after afler it ii few moru emoru stich abe suddenly turned toward mo me and said in III ft a voice fully ho hi sweet us as the rest refit of tier her being will vill the gua ua cioe allow me to try a shot upon him hill und and as I 1 did not dot wish to be shown it coward arid though my heart quaked within me I 1 assented tind and ste stepping liping down from tile adlas oho he put pub tile 1118 tit in front fronton of the ilia texture and bidding me keep quiet stepped back bach to her original place mid anil then lien lu quick succession shot fifteen arrows entirely surrounding me moon oil the cloth much as I 1 have soen ouen some knife throw ers do thu performance was greeted with hnud signs bigna of approbation arid and coming up lip to me her eyes shining und mid her breath conil tg in short gasps as though laboring under it a heavy spell of exhaustion she raid ad ua its she withdrew tilt the arrows thou wert wen bravo brave oh udom U dom and I 1 for the first time little in III my illy life played the part of gallant arid and answered as a pointedly as I 1 could at tile the same time bend lug ing my lily byis byca upon tier lier 1 I am glad for thy sike sake at this she slightly raised her head its as though offended on eucled which air quickly left her arid then a warm blush stir mir mounted her brow arid and then lieu without another word withdrew while ahl iol I 1 bosq beto myself to the atlas good good said ila ha tome BB as I 1 seated myself thou didat riot not falter udom U dom and ILI I 1 am glad for I 1 Iko brave nien men I 1 thereupon asked the name of tile the unknown performer anil and I 1 was waa much when he answered that la Is my daughter oil U dow dotu alneta li her name tile the tiamo rang through my lily head like fire unit und though the he continued long after that thai I 1 did not know it for I 1 saw nothing heard nothing but that name Nin noneta Nt neta otil II 11 aroused from lethargy by the voice of tile the chief who spoke atie tia thy turn now IJ dow whereupon drawing my lily pistol from my pocket and examining it carefully I 1 stepped town down with it in my hand I 1 tile lie cynosure of thousands of blittle a lilile shaky I 1 admit but bound to do my best stepping up to within the front of tho cloth riold the people to be not afraid then raising my land hand I 1 put a bullet into one of the holes u aus ed b by y Nl notta arrows instantly us tie the shot sounded pan dem culum reigned nil all showed signs of greatest rea test fear all but the ilia chief who raising himself sald said tri to the people be riot not afraid oil oh brodherr bro brot bere fur for the rua gua noe to is but handling the auw and arrow of th the a gunnoe gun noe people bet guu noe umbel ga 11 thereupon tile the people resumed their positions looking upon me with won 1 d und and patiently walled waited w ilia I 1 made mada one or two fancy shots such as aa hitting a coin thrown lu in the air hitting one hung on oil the cloth slid and then up a to lo my entertainment I 1 turned turned and rAdt addressed essed 1 the chief and no aa I 1 lid did so the murmurs mura of wonder died out ont while I 1 spoke all listening intently to tn what I 1 would say ohl oh ra ka mighty chief I 1 but it a favor ask speak on oh udom U IJ dom 11 1 I that thu the lady indy linets would step forward aud and let me try a shot such as she did but do als Ti well U U dom doin w wilt be glad gand fl and then the che stood beaire me a I 1 little ittle fright arl gilt shi shining front from tier her dark limpid eyes but na as ahe he seemed to hes hea imato I 1 said to to h her er be riot not afraid nineta for I 1 wilt wll not hurt thee thou didat make a mockery of me but I 1 wilt not harm I 1 thee h ee 1 I 1 with another proud uplifting of her head slie she stepped forward W she sto stood icid before abo Abe piece of cloth all eydi were bent searchingly upon me but as I 1 was n aa tolerably sure of inc uc cesoli I 1 cared riot not to 0 o placing a coln coin upon head 1 I back atlar a d of warning not to move and mining ing illy pistol fired its as I 1 hied pulled tile the trigger I 1 saw her rud pud 11 illy straighten up at a it if defying fate buff the bullat went true too ton true albl arr it burled itself in tier her forehead 9 red stream oxblood of blood rushed out and then with a H long gasp she fell forward upon liar her fice face all was excitement ili a moment arid and all seemed intent on reaching her side aide but done no do quick as I 1 for when I 1 saw BOW the bullet speed on oil its way after that slight movement I 1 was war as aa to the result so BO throwing my pistol away avay I 1 was waa beside tier her in III a moment in my arnn and caresa ing and fondling attempting to gain that att attention eliton which I 1 knew she had bad not at that ino moment ment tho old chief carao runt running I 1 ing up tit nn ashen line hue under tile the duskiness of if tile the skin showing allowing itself and then then only did I 1 regain my senses and tell the people to fetch me file water I 1 tore off apart or of my garment and saturating it ii with tile the fluid soon had tile iho hemorrhage stopped a and ad then bidding th them am pass pasa aside made my lily way to my room carrying her as it if she were buts buta baby followed by the aged chief and kelo while I 1 was cognizant of I 1 the he sounds bounds of expressions of horror from the assembled multitude and then the chief step stepping out before them said my aly daughter is hurt you had beat go home hoina with prayers fur for her safety A few words worda of assent and the peo plo pie went while I 1 laying my now dow pre cloua clone burden donnon down on tile the boil bed turned to tile aged nian find nud spoke 1 J I havu havo liar her but for my iny wife oil oh ra so that I 1 might bring back to her the life I 1 have taken away and the old mun man with teura streaming down ills his cheeks checks vainly striving to control them tile his voice shaking with suppressed et emotion notion answered 1 I 1 am aiu content t udom U dowl dom arid and then 1 I bantling over the couch of on which that inanimate form forin lay said than iliou art |