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~Te * * “Mum’s the Word” j.x03ths.) By Robert Minor THE CRYSTAL ROOD , The Story of a Talis- n’s Strange Adventures By Mr s. Howard Gould (Quprright, 1814, by Jotm Lane Company.) it be otherwise with the Juliette and SEMOPEIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS, we do not get safe to our harbor in Peatiso, Iroquois, lamente a be uni ing Fran it wit we ig —s 2 P a , sf ple w ee) ith so Cage 3 a according to ¥, the ways of the white. Listen! “ene Lad Reville laughed softly and to fsotuemoat ol ‘positively. ” ‘e good weather a A white a } after the world haa done ite woret See ney Bae Pitettahe tersins oat a 4 ao 4 ye Humming Bird ts, but & child, 5 eart of o 3 : po Up on deck he could twigs in the forest, easy to set the patter of hurrying feet and the i aa fire, Does my brother uader- 4 x c sharp words of command. The wind- e138, stand?” began to turn and the inal, te Elan nodded his head without an- ak in the hi chain swering. A qi. Pulley blocks groaned a! the “Humming Bird,” Rene went on, P ., 4 swiftly handled lines whist! od t rough Gest Pee : AZ Asal _The Evening World Daily Magazine. Thureday. Decemoer 190 914 Wort Week's Complete Novel in The Evening Wor! it is not necessary to alt ale that the rose Is © 7 | ‘ime to on i caf eagerly, “must dwell in the ways oi y : ‘ , them, and there was a flapping as of being studied Se ul? haunts Pa, ot her her own people. eo is a white gi . ’ : a 4 F Lae wings as the yards slatted and taken to hi my friend ts 3 : f 0 big vessel gathered headway. CHAPTER XVI + brother understand?’ 2 d 2 Capt. Halevy at the wheel manoeu- mi . .,Two tears gathered in the eyes of » “ d vred his vensel skilfully, taking ad- e magnetic personality of The Warrior. Elan and rolled down his cheeks. De ft’ By a: 4 ’ vantage of every shift in the wind priest had rendered his every - Boncour observed them with @ start ; 4 ‘ ] 4 and every trick of the current as he and word a matter of supreme N close conference, Rene do t. . g ) t . followed the windings of the river portance to the bronse-featured Boncour and his wife walked # Ny r J . f " ra Yee bs ge "i = mind and heart oe * A 3 See r : @ ind blowing over jusy in the search for cee ecee te an ned si mo. ‘ ; : , : Quarter, he Gattoned sail and headed would anewer thor, jortunl a path, the trader’s hand reat- while the embarrass: , south and east toward the Florida ‘The wind, which had been ing affectionately upon the shoulder ed Frenchman awaited re- q et 4 i Ben They still bore the land on the most of the way to the souti of the little woman at his side, The Ply. The young man only turred his As k Q ff 1 534. a larboard: beam, when, several days necessitating long reaches eyes, glistening with heavy teark, up- rie AB K ) 2 after their departure, Father Reville, forth across the soft. gale blow! eyes of Mme. de Boncour were trou- ward toward the far window of his ; 4 . - ¥ his “Book of Hours” in his hand, steadily from the south, was bled, and there was a little pucker of Humming Bird. 4 4 ' ‘ ;, strolled up and down in the waist of favorable when the Jyliette worry on the usually serene brow of _ “I am sorry—sorry.” finally spoke y y Ate 4 the ship. to the north and took the her husband. Rene de Boncour, moved more deeply 4 4 - : 7 fi re “ : The good priest started as he s8W breege astern, The great Gulf 8 i ea . than he cared to betray at the visible 9 ‘ a ‘ one of the lifeboats, lying keel up On pouring its warm current out {nto fl ‘Ohe, but I never thought of that, sign of grief in an Indian. Between a » Vs : a 3 kK, move ever so slightly, At Atlantic through the Florida Strait dolt that | am!" exclaimed Rene, “Of men the moment ‘of tears is always A if Cee RA q side of the boat was raised a “But can't you understand? PNG ‘ * ‘3 ‘ and a dark figure rolled out §°v* Added impulse now, and Course he was a handsome fellow, and Wor rust understand,” he continue ’ ia ga , b AS \ eck, “Am hin quick eyes took £80 ship, with studdingsalls set chivalrous as a knight of the old impatient with his own emotion. “Yo , wt: } v J 2 if ‘ the stowaway Father Reville ex- ¢very Inch of canvas drawing times, but the red blood, the red—the must go away, else it were better you ia had let my daughter perish under the Indian blood—Mon Dieu! It would had let my daughter periah under the ” : answered the man, who had not do—it is not for our Uttle girl!” father of the Humming Bird is not wy now guined his feet and stood towe! “Perhaps,” said Mme, de Boncour, ungrateful. See, this bag of gold! 4 : y ing above the little priest. “I am ai looking up into his troubled eyes with You shall be rich among your people. " Indian” kiana # is moncy— : . ut why were you hidden there Ledhcalelld ies aed anil At peekine you power, everything that you could : the father inquired, “No flrewater?” @ clearer, brighter vision, =ey wish. This gold is all yours, You ‘The Indian shook his head I am too apprehensive. Valerie sald deserve it. With it you can reac! e “No, Black Robe,” he answered, “T nothing to me to indicate that she real- your tribe in safety and be their chief. A drink no fire water. I would go to Take it, Elan d’ Eau, and with it our ly loved this Indian or that her re- coidiegs’ gratitude, and—depart!” gard for him was other thanawarm, Ho proffered the leather pouch to even passionate, gratitude for saving the young a net elinan, wb p = . \ priest's eyes, alan d ant" i ald go t her life at the beginning and then , iis 'toided on-bis breast, his eyes ; ' Pe it Wiad ARS Oo hie Se bringing her safely and happtly fixed always on the window of his deaux? ‘Tis the flight of many eagles through that wonderful journey of so Humming Bird, Aap Va wre from the home.of the red man, many months back to her home and | The Frenchman waited, urging tho ie] ‘The Indian shook his hea 4 ve All that she really talked about D@e of gold. “You wish the happiness “Rushing Water has no home,” he the big clty the white men call Bor- ux." A look of surprise came into the were these mysterious morning sig- Without waiting for a reply, he co: ‘ nala—wondering what they might tinued. “Her Future bs fay nd 6 te aay anitiatinaeane thane mean and how long they might con- Welfare are all that there is in life for “My won in of the Algonquin, people? tinue.” she was born we have planned for bet heist Pee ip 1 Lai “Did you ask her why she had not her and have hoped that some day Seana oan : = ~~ - " “Are you from the iake country? hey first be- she would marry a man of her own er 5 ans ta frp id race in some position of ‘honor and Or as this Elan, and in addition @ understanding, tho mother’s fine in- tant lands, He would work for the discipline, The apotiess decks, the the, paieae ened ee wan?” asked the father. trust among Ms people. She is a child high strung, romantic heart that would terpretation of her husband's state- white chief on the great canoe.” Neatly called lines, the closely furled af offense, in tho simple mane “No, because she explained that she yot and knows nothing of love or of brook no guidance, should # climax ment was that to her fell the dell- "Not on this boat,” gruffly replied galls, which lay in snowy rolls along & trace of offense, in the simple mane felt troubled as to which was the the responsibilities of a woman. It threaten. She must go away, dear. cate task of restoring the captain. “Ahoy, there, mes en- the yard arms, were all telltale ner o one ee Hepes mie ay Stee right course to pursue—whether to Would be most unfair, a deep hurt to “We must send our little girl away ing wounds, and generally smoothing fants! Overboard with him! We of an efficient commander and a quic Sin mmonplace, s' her for you to remain here. again, and there is only one place— all the ditiiculties that lay in the have no time to waste.” and obedient crew. Indeed, the com- hing Water does not wish ti withhold the knowledge from jus, a8 ““Giowiy Elan's eyes turned toward and so far away! France!” way of starting her rebellious daugh- His sharp words reached the cars mander himself in his person, as he tubing Water dose not wish to she knew how anxious we have been the trader. “Ah, France! The very thing, and ter peacefully away on her journey. of Valerie alone in her cabin. She now emerged from a companionway eg ol sd Gee] or od pace! je. He to find him, or to tell me about the “White man, father of the Hum- I have a boat sailing to-morrow,” he To her everlasting credit, and to the rushed to the porthole and looked out, and stepped out on the quarter deck, has no people and he home. signals, and thus betray the secret of ming Bird,” finally spoke the vounz cried with immense relief. “Mme. de everlasting glory of all such saints, listening eagerly, Up on the deck bore out the impression created by fy at Manina. hin one to whom she owes moro than her man, “listen. Tam an Indian, 1 was Curdot goes in the brig Marie Celeste, the Peacemakers of Homes, let it be the volee of the young warrior the condition of his ship. His white rounded a vaice behing him. ‘Hellot life, and who obviously desires to born in the wilderness with things and she will take care of Valerie. It known that Mme. de Boncour, brave, Pleaded. ; , Dlouse was buttoned to his throat, a my Indian, So this is the rea: keep beyond the reach of our grati- that are wild, But wildness is not is time that she finished her educa- tender and with aching heart, lov- | “Let me go with you! Let me go! despite the heat of the day. His cap pny you sal or ord AUX, ye tude. cruelty, The forests hold kindness 2% ¢ion in the old country. Once there, ingly hastened all preparations for I will work, I will pay. was firmly set upon his ray hate, Might steal page heyt™ “H'm!” Rene murmured. His fore- well. If I should Fasheneals bet gy ag | with the faithful nuns, she will be her daughter's journey g¢ross the ba peed sii rae ea tie ahi dencaadlon over his collar, a Ly [de ety Bruaapely ene head was wrinkled in pained perplex- the Great Spirit would say perfectly safe, and this romance, that ocean to the land of Cent holght, while the admiring sail- on necurately Iaid a gente hand upon hie arm, e hinge of the forest do we ters math eines romance, that ity. heart, No! The t was born only of novelty and excite: lay of the muscles fpr “Let_mo plead for him, Captain," Cre neriution the mothers heart raced true song among, the pines, back “wnt Cn tore she comest” warnea The Swimmer in the Moon- “Listen to me, white chiof! Tam a was square, his mouth tirm, his brows 8 my business to gave, See, he ts Sagtege heey here in the north. ‘The voice of Rush- she red chief and I do uot lie. ‘The Humming level, and his eyes keen and steady “trong and able. Could he not give to ite intuitive answer with, almost jie water 1s not a lle” the mother, aa the gira buoyant atep light. Bird ts on your great canoe. T must beneath them, service In payment for his passage? abrupt final e words. ; ate a le. sep Was heard on the stair. ue hen f m her warrior. (ow GAG oe Capt. Halevy hesitated a moment el at she real 5 ext ee it, no her ents, Valerie turned rh up wi he setting of en lly. wy form of the young man. without knowing it, She’ is ao | “Forgive me, 1 meant ne etheart, to her father. ide eigigs nun, and Capt, fdmond "Watching. from the porthole, Val- }/h0, had Just clambered over the aide ""itgn!” he sald, “if he knew changed from the suntiy, sinsing child accusation. You haye to, Revi Taber eapees , m0 . from « canoe, “What can I do for ,,,Humphi” he eald. | J1¢ he bnew Bart, the sturdy, weather- ¢rie saw a form shoot downward and yoy?" of a year ago—she broods, she starts disappear with the splash of spray, at nothing, she is restless night and a What, im i day, and the tears are always so near skin?” oh, my little girl, my little girl! the Great Spirit ‘ome, little mother,” said Rene that makes a man, whethor h riy, “no real hari hi ndian or a white. ei ane isn't aware she loves him, buy me a white skin, nor a higher useful. However, if you want him, Father, t ke & Chriatian of of his shirt a piece of bark which he fine tnd aa tor me, perhaps: Tena presented to the capta Rude let- a a calle Ot ties rT Attece the color of the window talking to Elan, What did nt i tioned. “It is w he say? When will he come to see _ beaten master of the bris Another moment a shining head and puts in the h a she euenet eagerly. i rie oe te, chad spread every glistening shoulder appeared and the whether he be an e embarrassed father parried for alitch of. her white canvas on the Indian, smiling up at the face framed Hn. timé, and evading her direct questons, wide reaching yards to catch its }¥ the porthole, swam close to the Murti aa ihe captain neck tt ie 9 The prleat explained rapidly in the answored haltingly. feeb! i ing Yessel’s side, keeping easily abreast. his hands he gli dd b Delaware tongue the purpose of the Valerie, he seemed feeble propulsion, Tho anchor chains hg girl waved her hand to him as he his hand# he glanced down upon these captain and was rewarded when a The Indian drew from the bosom ¥ . people. Rushing “Well, you z7a, ds: It 4s all romance, this affair, from be- place among my peor tl, itr is to wish not to take the bag of gold— had clanked up through the hawae slipped with easy, even motion WOFds: 5 xmile of pleasure appeared upon the ginning to end. Adventure in the Water is u chief Hushing Wither this, here—which I offered him as a pipe, the anchor had been made fast threwh the water, and called out: “Marie Celeste, Bordeaux.’ dark features of the stowaway wild, rescue, protection and mystery, the son of a chief. i ; fort of reward, you know. He 1s and the vesncl's head ow nd "Goodby, goodby!” Well!" he wald, looking up with a °‘Itushing Water was led Into the bird’ calls at dawn—all this ix the of the, Humming Bird,’ somewhat shy, perhaps, and—er—er-— id swung aroun ‘The sunset. breeze freshened, the ‘wuestion in his 4, forecaatle and provided with a berth. kind of tinder that sets fire to a girl's and. his voice grew stern: ir, Well, he didn’t take it, and—and—and Under the impuine of tide and brecd®. great sun bannered In the low’ ak ‘Tho Indian laid a dark finger upon Tho satlormen, were interested rather heart. Do you not think so, mamma?" my People Were AVSNEDE Ca OL Meta Cuenta MM RRDOEIO A! —OXG inexahip got Under WEF THers GAOT ANE te ake noni glow, the uppor line. than offended by the appearance of an She nodded her eral a rueful weronee aida of blood. andseath, Means, but he wouldn't—that ts, he slipped round under her stern and easing away before the alr current. “What means that totem?" he Indian as a messmate, and thay ile, and : d ; ac ooh is true, dear, Our little Rushing Water saw the~Humming u im, _ “Father, us to go North, a child, Bird. The Great Spirit spoke to him, eerie oe through all this experience and told him to protect her, Roshing to see us? distre nable per- r never 8k . during the most impressionable per. Wotes oid Haw Pao sh people, . “Why, Valerie, you see,” stumbled didn't, and”. E y Pred G headed for land af For a while the warrior swam aven aske heartily entered into the task of id you ask him to come Petded for the landing w small boat wit “the ‘open port, bis ever on the Capt. Francois Halevy amiled again, teaching him tho tricks of thelr trade: erled the girl in much ] eer oUaly rowed by two negro lads. tittle face which it framed, Twi. “So you take me for a schoolmas. His quick intellige his deft hands h the stecn of the Uttle craft sat a jight deepaned, a star came out, and ter,” he “Well, all right, ‘The “nd the tremendous strength that lay man and a woman, and no second y if Ma ‘ . in the colled muscles of that supple glance was needed for the recornition the last glory of the aun'’s pennants sign means Marie Celeste. It is the fod of her life, What wonder Rene, “we can't exactly ask him to 4 wne reflected softly on the waters. name of a ship.” body of his soon made him a valu- returns to us a woman, with an Rushing Water, 19,6 oniet DEE Ae DAR come to mee usewhat would we do Fe apann ae oneal aA his wife. 'gtfl the awimmer pacad the ship The Indian amiled understandingly. &blo member of the crew, He was awakened heart and a wom but chia, but he haa no tribe. He ia With him? solemn and very red, but dist Untiring, ‘but with each stroke the | “And this?” he saked, placing hie Gok 88 6 oat on Be feet. ing, though in judgment still but @ chief, s + the pout Galen told bins | "amet be good to him, of ix he wan he Rept his self control, Yeswel gained on h The porthole hand on the word below. Meanwhile, Father Keville, having anlar’ ‘ t to protest the Humming 1 Rush- course. y't he good to me? Don't ‘he desolated mother, however, gave Nd the face imprisoned in It disap- Hordeaux,” read Captain Halevy, had » new task sot for him by Trov! “Ah, but, mother, I don't feel that to protect the Hum| you realize, Papa, that he saved my wht demulated inother, however, ave from his vision. He saw a ‘That ix the name of a big city in dence, started with characteristic dl- her heart is really awakened yet. Tf ing Water did wo ee Water ia her life, not once, but several times? We por grief over the parting with, the Mttering hand, and then the great the white man's country where there Tectness and eagerness to do this un- it were, there would be definite action White man, Rushing Wa ought do something for him-~ beloved daughter, She had left Val- %t¢') of the ship intervened, The are many houses and many people. expected piece of missionary work. on her part. She would be moved warrfor something big and splendid—w ‘ sky was dark now, but the full moon — “It is pletured on the back of your : ‘The Frenchman turned aside to lay Puna aren't you grateful? she prt erie alone in her cabin at the parting, bag of xold on a nearby garden yeproachtully. da. Bone ver shaft In whose Hght the name “Yes,” ans at, and In utter bewilderment start- “Little | Daughter," the anxlous unfulling vot inertihoahte Matter at of tim brig. standing in huge gol) the Marie mother interrupted,’ “can't you see motherm ad softened her daughtorn letters on the stern was clearly dis- that We are grateful, when we offer Ruart ae that theres unuestoenele | -Cloae in the wake the swim- alls at dawn, h but a child's to meet him when h and not be content w answering signal.” “Yes, yes, dear hes lous mocher replied, hind the boat and sped a ail. great canoe,” the Indian said, CHAPTER XX. red the captain; “lke leate, We come from The Question. (T was inevitable that the poor child's face drenched in 1)" | ," the tremu but what next nnat Hexte YOu, A 5 ; “asked the Tpdian auletly, Jesuit priest and the Indian next? Her restless little hear He lool Pp. him so much money? But he isn't Dred. ». Mer followed, his eyes on the glitter. “when you cross t ik water, do " Witton awake, und then she will The Indian was goni lke ue-—hie ways are not our ways, purture when bidden te do a0 by ner lic Wettern y « yuu moto Bordeaux stowaway, whose presence recognize and know what now she - age his blood not our blood, He 1s, you futher, ‘There was a surge under the bows apt. Halevy nodded, His visitor and purpose on board the only. feels, Just a sudden breath CHAPTER XVII. see, an Indian, while we are"-—- Sympathetic, her heart torn by grief OW, for the night wind had fresh. seeined satisfied. He returned tho Tilleita tha; tormian taaAc ue would kindle a flame that you and T “He is an Indian, @ redskin,” the and fear, little Mme. de Boncour had @Néd and the space between the lonely tablet of bark to the breast of his ‘ o ae Would be powerless to stifle. It mi The Decision. father broke in impatiently. Fis Kent a shrewd wateh on her daugh- @wimmer and the stern of the ship sbirt. h happily reconciled to the mind of the even come to-morrow—who know HEN Rene de Boncour joined daughter turned on him a pair of eyes tor Hut there had been no thrush's Increased rapidly, Standing with his “Rushing Water ts thunkful,” he brusque but good natured captain, he rail, Capt. Bart watehed S4id, With a grave Inclination of his it would be thrown much together in olutely. stedl: ae h sign of Elan d’Bau, and now at last the Unequal struggle between the head. “He wanted to know what the find him, I shall meet him myself to- felt beaten, and dejectedly hastily, “Yes, a redukin! He Is fa the mother deemed her daughter safe wind and human longing, and falta totem meant, morrow morning, and"—— ith murders and massacres, |n°the cabin of the Mele and the ace qudion sympathy forethis man ofan back of your ship he came on board —and this in spite of the different “Mother, I know,” replied Rene res- | that he realized he had never seen j 47, Hare ana hand « Mothel, |e ehat T know where to his wife in the house b® before, In desperation he continued Pipe !n the warden shrubbery and no rehearsed the scene with millar “But Rene’— tortures and treacheries, and isting strain of apprehension over, alien race glow under his uniform ask you.” tations they were to occupy, “Nos no, mamma, T will not forget the Indian. - oa, 20%t8 Of barbaric horrors. ‘He Is sav ghe indulged her nutural sriet, coat Then the young Indian turned, ane missionary seal of the priest all that he. has done for us, but — "Lt seems incredible,” he concluded, age, Can we ask a savage to our "The rowboat, pulled up alongside — “Bravely done,” he breathed under SWUM himself over the aide, and was nloc oo ro) refus 4 home? We do owe him a great debt. st ny ae soon paddling away down the rive; alone would sufficiently explain and neither wil I forget that his blood is “that he could refuse the money. Ha the levee and Rene assisted his wife his breath. By the star of the north 4 red, and nee there are more WAYS nad nothing—no home, no people, no But we cannot pay him by offering to land, and they both turned and [ never saw auch a swimmer—nor Pettey that etre att ite with aa Vindicate any effort he might put than one to pay a debt of gratitude.” 7a aut us, und our friendship P/M something he could not be ex- through misty eyes watched the such a lover! Our little passenger be- suppleness forth to seek the company of Elan ornin en Elan pected to appreciate. His care o€ great ship oP mae wall te Dread or meeation Of Nie AmUrS. ? 4'Eou ‘Mepped from the shadow of the must seem a strange and perverso vou wan like the faithfuinoss of & "Gn 'ninquarterdock Capt. Rart atood lite that, “ich, bur it ise Hopeless CAB!” Ne said under hia breath, d'Ewu; and as for the Indian bim- ‘Trees, he saw advancing from the thing to him, How does he live? Ho dog, but we would not ask a dog to poside the helmsman, hin eves now Joh, my brave” ‘some of these savages are great self, his innate love of the mystical dine with us men ‘Tis a pity they do not take to would be sure attract him to the ewe ‘The Juliette was laden at last with 8? Whose religious vocation was ra furs and cotton bales and long Yetled by hiv dress and accentuated, house toward him the stout form of i, proud as a King, and has notions y Folding his arms on ae 2 '‘A dog, father, a dog? Do you call Sees ee walted etoproacn of bonor that his white brothers yuan Moe? On, Tapa, Pape” af the trader, Rene looking up into might noto to their advantage. But she broke Into sobbing-not the petu- sweeping the sky, now scanning the He watched the dark head further hungry sails lapping eagerly at each and further aatern In the radiant path gust of wind, His orders came short moon. At last it was so far and quick as hoe tacked back and « that he had to strain ia eyes , 2 lant tears of a child. A woman's akiy . sleeves of tobacco from the jianta- without deliberate purpose on his his calm, clear eyes, addressed him what shall we do—what shall we do? . forth, taking advantage of every puff to catch a glimpse of tt bobbing in fi mane kindly. " 1 brother,” No time must be lost, not even a RUM was there, that echoed the anq trick of the current, ‘Thus en the silver spray. Then he lost it. Ie fie "Honcour placed. in the. captain's Was’ thin additional attraction, thet z m glad to meet my red bro! . ay. 4 ” faa ” aged he did not see a dark han: ed far over the rail to ase, but 4 . 4% this additional attraction, that a mit have sought him for a day. W ho knows what an Indian “Ah, but Valerie! Listen!” coaxed fiat appeared on the starboart maln eee tecae ot the moon! was" nroken hands for delivery to bis daughter In the priest posweased a fair knowledge “Yong time. might do? : the father, grasping for an ally— mast shroud, nor was ho aware. of only by the waves Bordeaux a great package of letters. of the Indian tongue, and even of Hlan bowed gravely, but made no During this speech the Frenchman “Woe have such good news for you~ an unbiiden guest until a aripping Just beforo the anchor waa broken the very dialect in which Elan d'Bau dene paced the floor in unconcealod agi- see! You shall go to France, dear old fnajan, who had. leaned agile over CHAPTER XIX out of the mud in the bottom of the wan so thoroughly versed. In all BWiny.” asked the white maa, “has tation, which was fully ahared by Bis France, our old home. child. You the rail, stood upon tha feck. His IX. Missisaippl Capt. Halovy rocetve thelr IAtarviawatad OUnite. chanaeee u hidden himself wife. shall sall to-morrow, with your dear giaace, “inpiri devn tu note the ane poard the one passenger who wi wool a tee the young warrior “He said he was her warrior!" she Mme. de Cardot. Your mother and §, Ore Soe 56 Wet The Stowaway, accompany him back to France Tania Rave Posne muss $0 wane the from his friends?” of the main sheet, rested on this. fig- hunger of an honest study in human ST am not of the people of my exclaimed. “Does he not realize that I were just planning It all for you Une. HE short, mild winter had passenger was a short, fragile priest centnetec, friend, the white ian,” Elan an- we are her natural protectors, and when you came in. Won't it be glore tga! ne exclaimed in amazement, | passed and the tender green of the Jesuit order, returning to the ‘The winsomeneas of the priest wi fwered slowly, “The ways of the now that she js safe with us aguin lous? You Can finish your schooling, «wo ip this? How did you get here, of spring was again upon Parent housg in the old country after (11 disguised by his accomplished 4 eople are not my ways, an she does not need a warrior?’ and then’ , i J se a long period of missionary service piomacy, “Yet you saved the white maiden,” Is she safe from him anywhere in this the girl Kaspingly—the color reced- gigamml In Win eyee. Hin eehewee At anchor in the bread approved the wriakled, we thinly veiled his growing fondness for the trader said, “and her father has a country? Would we be doing right Ing from her face—"'I—will—not—go! ries father, had warned. him fiver, juat off the de Honcour levee, beaten tace, with its ample fore {he vertatiio Chtrenens bata ul heart. But you speak true in keeping her here, with an Indian, Never!" More vehemently—"I—Wwill against Rushing Water ind hid tol! awung the good ship Juliette of Bor- !t# halo of pure white hair much to learn from the other, and the you say you are strange In the who has nothing in the world to lose, never leave — this place—never! him enough of the Indian's perslat- deaux, She was a majestic veemf of (NE from the tonaured crown, and instinctive reverence which the good ways of my people, and [ am strane constantly watching her? I don't never!" She rushed from the room— ene to put hin on his euird. At the ColU% 7 the keen, humorous eyes that twin father received from the untutored ig ways of your people, I do not know what it tw I feur, but I am di high, fore and @"t, kied under shaggy brows, child of tho forest was returned in and the speechless parents heard the sound of his voloe the crew haa Ae hundred ton understand why you come each morn- perate with an apprehension that I patter of her feet on the penne, ron how ace Soe fren oi and deep waisted; her main, miggen = ‘The Juliette should have a happy g far deeper and truer than ther- When he saw it on the the long voyage that lay before them ™! jue 08 was amoote as & millpond's unruffied breast In the shadow of the great fi him on a low bench sat Father Re- ‘tile, his arms folded, Black Robe wears tho totem of” sald the young warrior, — pointing to the ebony crucifix im the priest's belt. Yes, iny son," tho Jesuit repags “Black Robe woars the sign of the amilea— “the red man is brother to the white? “All men who live are brothers,” waid tho priest. “All are sons of God. And He loves them with a love bee yond the love of an earthly “Each one?” the brave ask “God is so great He can count them,” the priest answered. “See this rounded ocean! He set it i hollows of the world, planning huge wave, each tiny ripple. First made the world on designing and the | rivers, the trees and each leaf Logs on, And ali the living thi ¢ made, and more, that ht sun there, an everlasting to give light, and each clear, white star Rushing Water sees at night, itealf @ a ant world or # distant sun; . made all these, But, greater q till, He made you, the spirit ip that sees and knows. ‘ “Does my son understand? There | ‘ ts something in your body that has wings, swifter than the wings of the’ eagle; it is called thought. Let me | wpeak of the great lukes in the north nd the thought of Rushing Water is — there, Let me talk of the star, Ishtar | the guide, gut aereile tn te rial sky, and’ the thought o' ter iy there. Does my son under- etand?” ‘Tho young man nodded. wy tod made that—the thought that ” is winged,” waid the priest. “More, He | 4 made the voice in Rushing Waters — heart that says to him, “This ts. right,’ and ‘This thing Is wro thing is true,’ and ‘This thing te not ~ true.’ No tree has that, no beast, B®) ocean vast, nor huge blazing aun, man, who is in the universe @ Uke the bubble on the sea, only he bas that knowledge of right and it is the soul in him, breathed : his body by the creator of all and im- "| breased with the likeness of God.” “'Tis a thought that is big,” Rushes + ing Water commented, “like this wator, like the cataract that foome. over Niagara's rocky brow, like the aky, like the thunder of Manitu crashy ing when the clouds tak ‘Tin truth, but the true thing, made by Now let my son listen! This with a heart so deep and wide even the winged thought of man never measure it, has He not the pow- er to love each man, though tl be as the forest leaves in number? od, in whi “To all—white, black, yell for the color of man's skin Put the color of his soul varies not,” “But the white people, they know - God. Black Robe. . i. e old priest shook a sorrowful head. The answer forming on his lips was not uttered, for a sudden inter- ruption called the you: from his side. It was some \ after before the conversationywas re- ured, One day with a cha: in Flan’ lett hia” white” con among whom he had coased to be a object of iriendly curtosity and be- come the recipient of undiaguised respect, and strolled along the deck toward the favorite seat of the Jesuit / in the shadow of the foresail. The latter was reading aloud from his breviary, but in a low and richly oul- tured voice, and as the musical Dhrases caught the Indian's mustcal ear the latter paused anal tened with evident delight. On cadence and rhythm of those ancient petitions his soul might seem to be wafted back to ite forest home, hoing laughter of brookleta, . triumphant tread of torrenta the soothing alternations of the midi torn, Se ee dawn—these an La} of thelr kind would esem to have hig soul with their sweet obsession, mal beneath the window of cannot define.” advancing towar eral ainst ore Y ¢ Voyage, father,’ he said, “since she at 0h = ter.” ‘Again the woman's intuition direct- naid thd father. BAVARCINE \omard fae rail seminal and fore masts towering above her yoy RSOnTMSDS ne RINCONeee ens Elan an- ed the fathers gropings, and she re- choed the mother. glance Rushing Water looked up. at °80"% decks seemed to pierce the sky, y ptain,” replied the kind, awered: plied with decision. “What next?” moaned the father. the ship's master. who was leaniny 4nd the width of her yard arms indi- priest, the smile deepening in his The eigetonary, for the Jesuit ts al- ion and believe “The warrior,” he try 9 “I know what I fear. is my “Ah, what?" sighed the mothe: now over the light rail that guarded cated au unusual spread of canvas. eyes, “do not alwa: ave happy ‘was too wise to ‘ ‘R is dead to his tril Fy ergy 4 Uttle woman re ol at must, go, of course, : his quarterdeck, Ou board this beautiful and power- voy: in this worl ing wish ob: ive warrior has but one friend. the same fine notions ee Rene nnd with unspoken but “The Indian wishes to go to dis ful vessel was every sign of excellent ell,” angwered the captain, “tf ing Ii 0 coastant: it 7 Oe . ; 7 .