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!ijk !',< <; ;/ :!< >|< >;? >;t :|t : * | j * * j C * STARLIGHT. * ( * * * By Ksper. * 1 | * * j k >!< * * ?J? aic ?* * * * :|< ijt :J( ^ I Written For The Herald and News. i L 'Twas in tlie long, long ago, when j; | 1 lie vast forests echoed In the light j I fool''all of (he red man, when over I I t!ie i eal river his birch canoe glided j I like a phanton. 'Twas on a balmy i | morning in June, that (he stillness of ! I the waters was broken by an oar pro- t | polled by a young and girlish hand, t I Starlight, the granddaughter of the 1 J ruling chieftain, War Eagle, with her i Mj English governess, taken captive by |jf the Indians, four years before, were 1 ||I out upon the blue waters of Niagara, {. \-A% below the great falls. Starlight was j H# tighter of an Englishman who had long since crossed to the Ilappy > |ji Hunting Grounds, followed by his 1 I fond Indian wife, leaving little Star- i light to the care of her devoted grand- I h$ father, Rightly slie had been called; < | her tresses, "black as the raven's|i wing," had not the straightness of j I (lie Tndian's locks, but fell in heavy ! i ^ ringlets upon a clear olive brow and I $ over a slender, rounded figure. Her : f lips were red as tliose of any IOng- t lish beauty, but her eyes were bet A great charm, deeply brown, expres-1 \ sive, shaded by long, curling lashes,'; .'I bright as the evening star. It a "Dorothy Leigh, you know I would i > ,vjl not marry a white man. The hum-'l mingbird should not mate with the lark. My father loved my mother, but 1 Si I know there were moments when he i Urn longed for jv companion who could un- I ? derstand him more thoroughly than I ? ) could my beautiful Indian mothei. I fl' Tie never complained, but child as 1 1 was, I could feel a wild unrest about j him when he would take me in his I | arms and walk for miles beside these 1 waters, sometimes in silence, some- : ' t times telling me of England and the i English life. I shall marry one of 1 my own tribe; but my noble Rainbow \ has been taught English by you and i myself so thoroughly that we can live > out our lives in the English way, my 1 i Rainbow is superior to any white 1 man I ever saw, except my father." a The girl's low, musical voice grew t sad as she spoke of the father she had c so dearly loved. I ' "You are right, Starlight, il is all f right to 'hitch your wagon to a star,' 1 \ but sometimes the gearing breaks and i the poor wagon falls to destruction. ; "When will nu and Rainbow go to j ] > your own wigwam?" , i "Next month we will slip away I quietly to the white friend who two 1 B years ago saved Rainbow's life, as ( A von know, by shooting that awful i B| bear; he will bring with him a real I H. minister, and we will be married in is Bl the while folks way." By Something like a tear glistened in j V the blue eyes of the tall, fair girl, 1 H over whose sunny head bare twenty- i B one summers had passed. She was i H ' dreaming of that other June, fom [ ; years ago, when her lover had placed | Rj the betrothal ring upon her finget, | ere he sailed for England. He V would return the following June and ( claim his bride?alas, the red man . aft claimed Lis captive months before j B the wedding day. Now, only long , Ml years of captivity stretched before ( H the girl, safely protected by the lit- , jg| tie queen of tlie tribe, Starlight. ?| 'Twas evening, >n front of Was ) ? Eagle's wigwam sat Starlight, Dor- , olhy, the old chieftain and a few j braves, quietly I ilking of the lalest | j B bear hunts, telling .-lories of (he huge , 8n snakes which had been seen of late, j n etc. Rainbow entered and stood neai I ? & Slarlighl, his I all, broad-shouldered ! | M form seeming to lower above all thel, g company, his fine face expressive ol M deep feeling and intellect. A little j Br thrill of joy sent the blood tingling \ B more joyously through Starlight's | w veins. ITc was all her own and lie was , flb magnificent. There was |he sound of j H hnrryinir. sleallhy steps, and a dozen , ^ braves emerged from the shadows of I j the night. I H ''() Great \\ ar Eagle, I have a mes- } B> miivc for thee; [ sal alone by the It whirlpool and I lie Evil Spirit spoke I H to me in a whisper that no other tnorIn! could hear: he bade me sav to i < i thee that (he Evil Spirit i< very .in- j i grv, and unless there is a sacrifice < given to him tomorrow the pale face : wilj take awav our land and drive I the red man far toward the setting ( i Bun." It was Raven, the prophet of the ( i tribe, who spoke. Often he came with f messages from the Evil Spirit. ( j' "What shall the sacrifice be1?" i asked War Eagle, in an awed tone. t "The Evil Spirit said to me that I I tomorrow, when the shadows point to 1 the north, the loveliest of our maid- ! ens shall be placed in War Eagle's | own canoe, and allowed to drift ovei i yonder Kails; llui^ shall the Evil I g Spirit be appeased." ! B A strange numbness cropt over j ? Starlight, she was the lovoliest of all I lie Indian maidens, tin* acknowdlodg- : '<1 pride and pel. Sorrowfully the od yes of all wort* turned upon her. in ' Farther, the Evil Spirit en Med the ja naiden by name?Starlight." Some- i!i liing like a sob broke the prophet's oice, for even In? loved the beauteou* ur naiden. liainbow stepped forward >nd caught Ins bow more firmly. p; ''Starlight is my own, she shall not .*a )e a sacri fice.'' "Then, my brave, the Evil Spirit m Aill eome and lead the pale faces di igainst our wigwams, they will scat- lo or the noble Indian east and west, fi >ur chieftains will fall beneath their Hi >lows, and our maidens will be taken saptive." th A terrible silence ensued. Star- to ight sank upon the deerskin at her sa grandfather's feet, a look of intense or dending in the great, fawn-like eyes m "My child, thou must sacrifice thy- w< self for thy people and thy home." m iVilh tears streaming down his fur- ni 'owed cheeks War Eagle pronounced Hi ho sen I once. X<> cry escaped the lips r the young victim, but through hoi (> nind dashed a thousand sweet possi- te ?iIities of I he future, a thousand Memories of the past. av Mad with grief, Kainbow strode b< Yotn the gleaming firelight, out into di lie darkness mili 1 lie stood beside the ?*li :real cataract, only a few hundred tli ards distant. Slowly I ho moon rose ibove Ihe hori/.on. gilding with silver Hi i'lorv (lie great mass of water which ''v ;wopt over Die precipice, laughing II ike a child as il springs to its plav. vvl Hie white mist rose high in the air, 1" ailing genll.v upon the Indian's fov- sh 'red brow. lie heeded no| the beau- so y around him, for over I hose vor\ ni alls a light canoe would tomorrow th loar his Starlight to her do ?m. lit I lie notes n| ;i whippoorwill | b'; sounded upon I lie ni-jlu air. "I'was I-i: I"' <*all of the bird most feared h\ pi' I"' tribe. Inn mournfully liainbow I" 11lowered with the same call; it wa> i secret, signal between himself and Hi larold Grant ham the young man vhom he had often met in the quiet fi< light hours, to talk of Ihe* great w> vorld, never to betray his people. The Hi ndian's gratitude to the young Engishmnn knew no bounds, especially vhen he thought of the hour when lisi he jaws of a huge bear had almost gl losod upon the nook of the yonnc iravo. Slowly he followed the sound en ind soon stood beside a very strange bl ooking figure, which half erouehed Hi ii the shadow. ch '' liainbow. do not be frightened, have tonight disguised myself a.-> he Evil Spirit, for a good purpose." le stepped into the moonlight, and iainbow fell a wild desire to flee, so crrible was the apparition. The fi- 0,1 :ure was clad in black, from head to xv< ool. On his head were horns, one ido of his face was a copper coloi. Hi he other blood-red. "Come, Rainbow, smile, toll me 1 111 ook like a very Evil Spirit. What 1!' nan, you are -ad, I knew it by your , espouse to my signal. Toll me all." Sinking upon a boulder the Indian loured out his sorrow, in a low wliis- (,l )or. 1,11 " liainbow, this outrage shall not be oinniilted. We will save Starlight, Mid her young governess, you neve; """ )efore told me there was a captive naiden amid your people. Come loser and listen to my plans and you mist carry them through." Pho Indians si ill sat mournfully ?e.-ido I lie fire, not a word was being illered when liainbow madly dashed their midst, carrying a siPcr cup 0 Maud, a lmgeb'own jn:r in ll.(: >t her. ''I have 11*?t only Heard, ltul have <(ii iiie Kvil Spirit, I was walking ? . ! (< the river when I lu ard a wliip? ? "? ? will rail, I hen another answered, 1'i i lo. a terrible object appeared bo'oro me; it was the Evil Spirit, lie ado me say to thee, O ({real War <agle, I lull tonight he would visit k'our wigwam, we must all remain iere until he comes. lie gave me this leelar. brewed on | ho Nappy lluniii 'iroiiiuls. bade me say lo each of io i chieftains and braves flint you nusi drink ot il before he comes, oi ailing lluil a terrible calamity would >elall the tribe. lie is very angr\. says ili!!l t'might he will demand a :aeri fice. A low cry o| |error escaped the lip* ?f the noble red men. I hey could face 1 niorlal foe, but lliis supernatural icing inspired them wilh deepest feat. Quickly liainbow passed the cup. Eagerly I hey drank down the li|uid, feeling more joyous and peacenl wilh each drop. Well had Harold iVanlham counted the effect when he nit the innocent-looking powder in he jug of'fire water'?i| might have >oen a small dose of bromo-sell/.et, nit lo a druggist il would have had he appearance of a drug called moriliino. The while sol tiers were Inlighl moving about twenty miles up lie river, where Ihe swift-flowing Niagara springs from Lake Erie, to i-iiii another body of settlers, so lest Jiey be interefered with, brave and i i*l?- i.arold (Srantliam had ado I jraisc oi' tlu> ttvil Spirit, brii ? t,K> nectar that Rainbow v st now distributing in the cause v lovely Starlight. More, more; drink, Rainbow >;ed War Eagle. /No. the Evil Spirit said I may i irtake. I, also, am doomed t<? l>< ?*ri t'ice.'' A tall t >nn emerged from the d.i 'ss i'*"1 stood in the midst of | t'-i'iiv Indians. The hideous I; ??kod unearthly in* the flicker relight. A low moan broke fr e lips of the braves. Rainbow stepped forward: c Kvil Spirit, and he bids me ipret. He is still very angrv, vs that he must have a sacrifice,'1 ily of Starlight, but of the pale fi aiden, and Rainbow, this very nij i? must be given to him, or the wh an will fall upon ns before i orning and the red man will ro e forest no more." Rainbow delivered the words w AM.KV Tf 1R|\K?STORY. n-ible emphasis. The termhli avcs looked mice again upon l k'u1 eoiintenance. The Ion- finu 'Id (in\ pieces u| \vood, which ew sharply across his hlack-rol ' st. sparks and flames flew IV in. Truly this was the Kvil Spi, "Let llicm ou, (! real War Kasrle. e irnii- nt the pale face* will | er\ brave and chieftain low lose were the final words w lii?-li Rainbow fixed ||M. decision, w cry came from Dorothy'^ )i|?s, i' looked into the eyes which sin bright ly through tin- hide. !sl<, there conld be n<i other eves e world like her lover's, tin vo vc the one which now spoke iinln?w. I he, Indian-. {.n?l< |; ;1. :n . I fear, but to the Kvil Sj.ii It'iii it was tin joyou< cr\ of ni>-moiinied hive. Some! liing like a tear >t..le do o furrowed cheek of War Kn?lc: "Clo, my ehildren, you are a sa? fp for my people. The old chief!, ill mourn you beside this river, wl e moonbeams are shining on I ream.'' The Evil Spirit spread out ;"ds in blessing and the four swi f idod into the darkness. "Rainbow, we must take the ma s in our arms and make all po c? haste to the spot four inile> e river, where my boat lies at ; or, you know (he place." In ;i ] lisper Harold crave the order. 'f'd I he light form of Porol 'igh in his arms and whispered so "Dorothy, niv long-mourned lit ic, we must not speak again ut ' are safely beyond dancer.'' Two miles lay between them si o Indian tribe ere either spo linbow, bearing the happy Starlij his young arms, was a short < nee in advance of his compnnio urold rjrantham again spoke in tv whisper: "My darling, it is as tliomrh rth had given up her dead. I In tunned you all these years. I{:1 u never spoke of a eaptive ma until tonight, then he did not m Whi Oeti Han Pre Whoever the favc be sure they will Rift not only meat also infinite pleas of the family to s it will bring the fc 1 have three h< the boys also thre tho se that are nc one of the hands three hundred pc amount of cand> governed by the i hold. I have the I and 1 Oc. CHINA i \ pt- i: > i \.r,ir 11;iuii', so 1 never dreai ug- I would find in the firelight, nis low tin1 great Falls of Niagara." ot lie often spoke to Starlight myself of his 4 English friend,' never uttered your name. I low ol have I dreamed that you had e< 101 to rescue me, that we were happy j, "ether, when 1 awoke the sorrow almost more than 1 could hear." rk- sobs were shaking the girl's frann I In- "Now, darling, the morning ot' n*c has broken upon us; when mori iiij; Iconics to the gray old world we om be with friends; when the even shadows again fall the minister Tis speak the words that give to me in- Dorothy, to Rainbow his Starligli he Removing his mask for an inst iot the young man's face showed lm ice some but very white, in the nu lit light, his great brown eyes scan j|(. the lovely girlish face; their lips Ihe in one long caress. Hurriedly Jim replaced the mask, lesl the Flvil S it might need to be in evidence v illi some wandering red man. Morning broke, clear and beauli inii over i In- upper Niagara, touching v [lit- soli brilliance the quiet waves of ers l.ake Krie, as 111? boat touched In- -hore. Fond friends gathered all led Harold (iranlham and his party, \ no, coined Starlight as lite dauuhtlcr I'il, an old-time friend, also her Ind oi bride-yroom-elect ; they should Iji\ ways find a home and a welcome :i Harold- people; but warmest it)i tendered was the welcome to Ilea ,.\ ful Dorothy Lciuh. as her mot her father took the girl in their arms nu wepi and laughed, bv turns. lis Kainhow looked upon the l> in I face--, then turned to the soft-flow ice river, so quid, so peaceful, so un to those ihundcriuir waters, far bel ;< where tr.s Starlight would have I'll, day nu! her iloom. Takim.' Stnrli hi.- by tile iiainl lie lifled hi< eyes to hlue -ky ami -poke in musical ! w 11 I i > 11: "May the (Ireal Spirit bless !ri- white man and give him peace nin prosperity." i en Espe the A Methodist minister was m his annoyed by one of his hearers tlv quenf.ly shouting out during preaching, "(Jlory!" "Praise id- Lord!" and the like. Though ol ;si- reproved, the happy member persi.> up in expressing himself. in- One day (lie minister invited hin o\\ tea and. to take his mind f lie thoughts of praise, handed him :hy scientific book, full of dry facts lit- figures, to pass i he time before t Presently the minister was star tie by a sudden outburst of "(ilor itil "Halleluiah!" and "Praise I ,ord !'' i lid J "What is the matter, man?" a.? ke. the minister. .lilt " Why, this book says the sea is lis- miles deep?" ns; "Well, what of that?" i a j "Why, the Bible snvs my sins 1 I been east into the depths of the the j and if it is that deep I need nol tve afraid of their ever coming up at: in- (Jlory !'' id- j The minister gave up hopes of en- j forming him. o ?the dsome sents? >red ones are you can be delighted. Such a is a glad surprise, but ure for every member ee the happiness that >rtunate child. an dsome presents for for the girls, and for >t fortunate in getting iome presents I have junds of candy. 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