The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 6, 1901, Page 9

THE SUNDAY CALL. ; 8 g 72 N\ A Y ) /\ @ R S“YVIOLET PEARSON 24 bleeding heads. Nature seemed weep- hear the words of commendatiom from ing for her children. the lips of his chosen brids betrayed As darkness again covered the hills the (pemgelves in his stote countenance, al- i0ts were plled higher and higher UPOnN though both strove for the mastery. Nearly thirty Umatilla warriors were led by Kawaws, their chief, In the war dance historically noted for its dlabolical influ ence upon the savage participants. It served as a stimulus to acts of cruelty and revenge, or it proved an expression of flendish delight after some notable deed rinous sparks from the upon thefr brightly they danced ha of daring. The fire se ed me painted bodies wt hand or singly, singing rude songs, broken by ruder erfes, until the perspiration stood in great drops upon their foreheads and the weary dancers dropped upon the ground, but to be replaced by others. The low, ru cted wigwams were lighted by torches that seemed but the faint echo of the light without. The squaws moved silently as the darkening nside or sat in shadows upon the moun groups converaing In low, subdued ton i upon the evening #ir like the murm the brook movemen while the laug the maidens floa face of Star Eyes was ha e clad in the garments .} to f every Indian girl. The fetters ¢ that had bound the love within her sened, and what cared i e ks ce and & of Um and unheeded, even when a m red as he we curse was breathed in passing. A e - - The hours glided by, and under the star- sky the eir own pleas yvers were free at last to seek o Wiih stood in waitin hed from the waters. The wo the oft-repeated s sarkling ,.4 . he S t of the light craft until it had reached the center of the stream. Tten he drew from his pocket a small flask of whisky. “Now time,” he whis- pered, exultingly. “Paleface black devil ve me—no come ald— ng ground— go with you. Paleface s Indian; I soul, too. Ugh! Yellow devil s o work. Do work well—soul pays price!” forth and mingled with the clear, crystal drops at Slowly the contents bubbl his feet. In a moment it seemed that an 1 been kindled be- e placid stream; ;pon the disturbed, unquenchable fire neath the b the foam g up by tke a leaf befo shatt pants w wa énward A tiny. beaded m floating near the joutlet of § while jus{ beneath a small lay closely clasped within the embrace of a larger one; tho! evered at the the clinging fing: were a bon uniting the two Iy lessly cast asunder. ' The curse of Umiwahtah still rests upen Whisky Ra alth h his soul gone to reap the reward of his mad v detta. Do You hours by wink average function no or in a year something iike 19.% Measuring the distance that both eye- lics travel as a quarter of an inch, it is seen that the total dlstance traveled In lifetim. of fifty vears Is no less than 72.) miles, or one-i.ird way around the globe. “And yet these commc our daily life grow insignificant when we come to consider the several functions of rormal body,” sald Dr. G Shrady, in Bk culatlo wonders of omment! existence b familiarity that we seldom regard th . things tn a s ht. 1 culation of the blood and t Scalp no dangle at beit. which lifts up and ennobles; but hew Here a silvery often it sinks to the lowest depths but to the heart, for instance, whi loes & work in a lifetime which repre ts the lifting of several million tons. The cal- culation of the eyelid 1 o all parts of the body performing functions daily which, when reduced to flgures, seem colossal.” An eminent New York practitioner sup- plemented this view with observations pertinent to the case. “These figures are dectdedly Inaccurate,” was his comment, 1 3 mre YOu mo stand torture.” 5 gh echoed among the mountalns liks prove its loyal he rippling of a stream. *“I see nqw,” she The words n gal no nued you forced to put on War want coward!” burned into the memory 1 thought you fight, an' You of Tall Pine like a brand, never again to paleface. Go way! Indian gal be effaced. They changed him from the nt coward.” careless, indolent, fun-loving youth to the .te what say,” he cried flercely. cruel, fierce, blood-thirsty warrior. The Jove me: you love Umiwahiah. nature of the savage seemed to awaken qjuaw Umiwahtah; but if do there from its lethargy with all of the pent up is room for scalp on girdle of Tall Pine, force of years, and he yearned, with an Go away! Ind merely typ qw f nd hunt “for the reason that people differ in the s the daring Put it be no scaip of pale face.” intense longing that could never again be frequeney of winking as in any other nare , successful The Eirl turned upon him like a tiger wholly quenched, to exercise his realized ek Sttt War tnstinc e dext-Ratull r nt But served Deld at bay. Her e; eemed as living powers. and nervous type of both sexes winks fas- ght 1 scale, the deepest COAlS Elowing beneath the bellows of Two scouts nodded over the dying em- ter than the phlegmatic, and while one the sound o Anger. “If do 1 kill you,” she hissed bers of the campfire, and a light step wink to the second will do for such an g r lost an op- ihroush her set teeth. “You laughed at passed and repassed so softly that the organization, one wink in five to eight N f dangling resh scalp at his DY all tribe now. No good they think. ears, keen even in slumber, did not detect seconds suffices for the phlegmatie, Inac~ Would make it worse? Redskin gal never the sound. o affections of Star Eyes yearned to- forget, mever forget word.” 4 The night was so dark that it was with but she felt proud 1o All traces of anger left the face of the difficulty Tall Pine found the deep ravine, tive organism. The more sensiti the quicker and faster the action of the lids. Nature has provided very carefully for the latt u s he listened to 2 i s DUTDOSE v, his function by giving the higher species . e Jatter—the young- youth as he listened to the hot, passionate which he purposed to follow. Many times e o 4 g we jssuing from the lips of the one he he stumbled and fell, yet he pressed on- AiTHirt THE g oy Jeaghv. o3d. Saev: lalhan. than the lewer oo ¢ | Pine one evening, loved so well, and he answered in & gen- ward, untll the eastern sky gave faint \STJTP%?)?Q;:\HL(L /p\"?% = drr' K Great Spirit in yonder waterf; tle voice: “‘Star Eyes, I love you as no signs of coming dawp. Then, over rocks, 3 L Winking is reflex and inborn, as we ses FROM WHICH TWENTY TWee in an infant. Frogs have double eyelids brave love yoa. No listen Umiwahtah, but up almost perpendiculan walls, he climbed I make wigwam B " y. aobeem me be my squaw. Love walt until come back. You will not hide until a sheltered nock commanding the SCALPS WERE SOSPENDED.. and wink infrequently. This protects B face from shame for Tall Pine. I go war- desired view of the uneven mountalnous : them under water, just as many birds use e tell-tale h; bring scalp. Will you wait?” trail offered protection from the heat of :o h eyelids to protect them in rapid w he “Indian gal walt,” whispered Star Eyes the approaching sun. He threw himself (n, sweet fervor of security. Nearer and had been kept, but upon the eve of com- the brightly blazing campfire. Within its eye regarded as “the window of the g s of the dusky maiden as eoftly. Then she fled like a frightenea upon ground in utter weariness and pearer came the danger, so guarded pleting thelr journey all were found sleeP- radius stood Tall Pine supporting a pole somewhat out of date. Modern scienti. prove that all the expression s £tene words that fell lik - from which twenty-two scalps were sus- i, he lid—whether quick or slow in ac- sweet fawn back to a place of safety, slept until the daylight began to wane. against during weeks of slow and weary ing. spon her ears, yet she veiled this Love is the friction that l-(lm?h‘s within Iy the peaceful valley twenty-two faces traveling. Thus it ever is; when the thing A_strong will, indomitable cruelty, mgis- pended. Black paint covered his body, re- tion, drooping and dreamy or alert and ber long lashes until all t the human heart the tiny spark that of men, women and children gathered to- we most long for is within our reach or| cular fingers and the dread scalping-knife Heved in darkness only by a rapid, The clean cut eyelld is an indica- ad died out. Then she raised her grows brighter and brighter until it con- gether and partook of the uncooked food the object for which we have striven dur- parformed a night's work of barbarity head-dress of gaudy feathers. He tion of health. The Orientals clip the eye- and looking into the face of her gumes all of self in it intense flery pas- with a keen relish. They laughed and ing sleepless days and nights is nearly only found 'recorded in the history of sav- looked llke a status carved from ashes of their infants, so that the lashes over sal “Umatilla gal love—love sion and lives only for the object of its talked in subdued tones, and as the dark won, we relax our vigilance and too age nations. The morning sunlight was the heartwood of ebony. Neither the mzlty l:;ow lr';m'z‘; ft‘;lel l::"':::“'::ltr'; z;ur: me to me. You mo get scalp; no get adoration. The new life becomes a pow- mantle of night was spread over them late awaken to the fact that all is lost. -veiled Ly heavy clouds, and the raindrops feeling of triumphant pride nor the long- e o e pical 9 P ; lso to protect them from ti nomor; no get not'ing at all, You big as erful influence for good If it clings to that they retired within their tents, resting In For nearly three months careful watch fell softly upon upturned faces and torn ing to break the bonds of restraint ana :mcmtrven ufln‘t’L -