The Monmouth herald., March 24, 1927, Image 7

THE HERALD. MONMOUTH. OREGON
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CHAPTER IX Continued
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"Ta wiiii lie nrii him only our rrjret
tlml li U to die," lie sulil. "Tluit In
Iiiii'hiink he riuinot live lo Mini your
IohI soul mill return It to you."
Kin- iMUKbcd handily.
'I'll wiui lie ii in In a i lillil," she said.
"III licurt In turned lo wiitor. lis
talk of thliiKN which iiii not. My until
In here." HIih lappi'd Iurr left breast.
"It docs not nuilter, however, for the
in fo hi Ho mm an inw In doc not
iiitiI a wiui ii m oilier morliili ilo."
Sin- turned on her hi'i-l Mliriiilly, imil
followed Im prli-NtN Into tin Ioiik hark
houc from which they hml einerxcd.
Tlu great uioli of IihIIiuim melted
way as noon a hIic left in. They nil
hut fled In order to reach their Iodises
liefore sundown, lind no hurried were
our eunnlN that In removing in from
In stake to the Council I lorno In I tie
center of the v i 1 1 it ! they forchore to
bent or mull rent iim.
In the Coiiiii'II House they supplied
UN with n liberal lueiil of incut mid
vegetables. Then our IioihIh were re
placed anil we were covered with
robes, whllMt our KUiird cowered close
to thi (Ire In ahjoct fear. They Mliirt
ed at the HllKhtest movement. Hint
wo been nil In lo stir liimd or foot I
think we might have won our freedom.
Hut they lined cure In binding in, mid
we lay Inert im rnrpneN.
"What do they feur?" I whispered to
Ta wan ne urn at length, desirous of
hearing n friendly voire.
"I do not know exactly, brother," he
Mid. "Tbene ('tihlitliiKii are rene
gade from the Creut League."
"Hut the Moon feiiKt they talk
about," I persisted. "What In that 7"
"It la aome Invention of their own,"
he replied. "I'erhnpa Murray or 1(
Veulle helped them with It. My people
know nothing of Midi thing."
Through Ihn burk wall of the houe
rame the weird, minor melody which
hud nttended the nppeiirnnee of the
Mistress of the False Face, mingled
with ahrlekN, groan, screnm and
yella. Our guards huddled cloNer to
Kother. They iihandoned their wettp
ona and covered their head with bliui
keta. A drum throbbed near by, and
at Intervals Hounded the walling chant
of the nuiHked prleati and the thud
(Unit of dancing feet.
The uproar Increased In violence.
Women's voice, ionic In dreadful
protestntlon, anine In eager ecataiiy.
Joined In It. It wua near, then ttt a
distance, then retumlnit. Anil occa
sionally that one ahrlll, sweet voice
quelled the Hiiturnallu and waa tlfled
on u note of pagan exultation only to
be drowned In the thrumming of
drnma.
Our fire dwindle! and waa rekindled.
The night crept on toward the dawn.
Tho monotony of Urn noise, the end
less rextltlon, deadened the senses,
and we alept. When I awakened,
twaa to see the daylight trlcklliiK
through the smoke-hole In the roof.
Somewhere in the sunshine a bird
bcgnn to sing, and my captors yawned
and ant up. The aquat chief, hla feara
of the night gone, kicked Tawitn uo-ars
awake,
"This ia the day of the Moon feast,"
he aald. "You will noon clunior to
die
CHAPTER X
The Moon Feast
We were yanked to our feet and
pushed outside. Thousands of Indiana
lined the narrow, dirty streets be
tween the bnrk houses and lodges.
They greeted UN with a silence so In
tent that It was as arreting as a shout.
Not a finger waa laid upon us, not a
voice was riilsed. Yet the fierce an
ticipation which gleamed In every face
wag more threatening than definite
features.
Ahead 'of us opened the flat expanse
of the danclng-plnee, with the two
lonely stakes, flanked by piles of
freshly gathered firewood, stundlng
llke portents of evil against the dnrk
grocn background of the pines which
walled the roar of the amphitheater.
Ta-wan-ne-uri' looked eagerly In ev
ery direction, but she whom he sought
waa not present nor were there visible
any of the carrion crew of priests.
Only the sinister faces of the negro,
Tom, and Boiling, with his tangle of
red hnlr, stirred recollections In that
alien, hostile mass.
Our guards bound us to the stakes
as they had the day before, and Ta-wnn-ne-nrs,
with a significant glance
at mo, rallied them with the searching
wit of bis race.
"The Onhnnagit dogs are not used
to taking captives," he commented.
"They are women. They should be till
ing the Held. They do not know how
to torment real warriors."
When they were pnssing the thongs
under bis arm-pits, the Seneca bent
forward and fastened his teeth In the
forearm of the Incautious guard. The
blood spurted and the tnun yelped with
pain. Ta-wanne-ars laughed.
"Unarmed and bound, yet I can
fcnrt you," he cried. "Truly, you are
women. The warriors of the Great
League scorn yoO."
Strangely enough, they made no re
taliation upon him; but, having se
curely fastened us to the stakes, with
drew and stood somewhat apart from
the encompassing crowds.
The silence continued for more than
an hour, when a lane was opened op
posite to us and Murray and De Veulle
sauntered forward.
"I trust you have fared well, Mas
ter Juggins I beg pardon, Master Or
merod?" remarked Murray urbanely.
"No discomforts? Knough to eat and
eufflolent attention?"
I profited by Ta-wanne-ars' example,
-By-Arthur
D. Howden Sraiih
Author of
PORTO BELLO COLD. Etc.
Q by Hrn(aiM'M
WNU Uftf-vle
llpyl
and lliniHt for thn one weak spot In
the man's armor of egotlam.
"You do proclaim yourself for what
you are," I answered him steadily.
"Sure, no man of breeding would de
scend to the depths you reach. I do
assure you, fellow. If you ever return
to civilization and attempt to mix with
the gently bred, your plowboy origin
will out."
Ills face wns suffused to a purple
hue.
"Sdeulli!" he rasiied. "Sir, know
you not I am of the Murray of C'ob
hleluw? I quarter my arms with the
Klethsl I have a right to carry the
Illeedlng Heart on my shield I 1 "
"No, no," I Interrupted. "'Tis easy
for you to claim here In the wilder
ness, but the humblest cadet of the
house of Douglas would disprove you.
I dislike to speak 111 of any woman,
and certes 1 could weep for the grief
of her who conceived you, whatever
she was. Hut I make no doubt ahe
was some Huron squaw."
His face went dead white.
"1 was pleaded with overlong to
spnre you," lie said In accents so cold
that the words fell like Icicles break
ing from the rocks. "I am glad I re
sisted. I bIiiiII give orders now that
your torments he the most Ingenious
our savages can devise.
"I doubt It not," I mild.
"You will die In much agony," be
continued placidly. "Nobody will ever
know of your taunts. And I" his
vanity flared up again "I shall die a
marquis and a duke."
"And a convicted criminal," I added.
He murmured to Ie Veulle am
walked away, the savages moving from
his path as If he were death lu per
son, for Indeed they feared him, more
even than they feared ltlack Kobe and
their own accursed priests, lie was
the muster of all.
"So you arc to be chief torturer,
monsieur le chevalier?" 1 remarked to
lie Veulle.
"Kven so," he agreed.
"There could not be a fitter," I said
sympathetically.
"I thank you for your appreciation,"
he replied. "I have Instructed the sav
ages to give you the long torment.
You will be still alive this time tomor
row. Think of It ! Your Iroquois
friend knows what that means an
eyeless, bloody wreck of a mun, beg
ging to he slain !"
He beckoned to the Cahnunga chief.
"Let loose your people," he ordered,
and stepped hack.
The Cuhnungii put his hand to, his
mouth, and the high-pitched, soaring
notes of the war-whoop resounded
through the air. And as If one direct
ing renter animated them all the thou
sands of savages closed In on us, yell
ing and shrieking, weapons menacing,
feet pounding the measures of some
clumsy dance.
They swirled round and round us,
those who could get nearest dashing
up to the slakes to mock at us or
threaten us with words and weapons.
Nobody touched ua, but the strain of
constantly expecting physical assault
whs nerve-racking. Ta-wan-ne-urs
smiled serenely at them all, and when
he could make himself heard, returned
their threats.
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Not Much Doubt as
Attorney W. B. Ward tells of the ut
terance of a client he once had in
Kansas City that he regarded as a
classic In finality. The client was of
ebon hue and was asking to be di
vorced from what she termed tho
"most nocountest, trifllngest man that
breathed."
Judge Blrney figured such excoria
tion indicated another suitor some
where in the background. By clever
questioning he attempted to wring
from the Irate witness that there was
another man In the case, but she Stout
ly denied such Inference and contin
ued with the denunciation of the hap
less spouse. After an hour the court
decided the plaintiff had earned her
decree and so Indicated, but In pass
ing Judgment he observed verbally
that the plaintiff would in all proba
bility be married again within a
month. Disregarding formality and
This continued for a long time. Twl
light was at hand before they dropped
back, and a select band of young war
riors began to exhibit their skill with
bow and arrow, knife and tomahawk.
Arrows were shot between our arm!
and bodies; tomahawks hurtled Into
him posts beside our ears; knives
were burled from the far side of tht
open splice, ho closely aimed that thell
points shaved our naked ribs. One
In a while we were scratched; tin
bundle of a tomahawk, poorly thrown,
raised a hump on my forehead. And
Ie Veulle. squatting on the ground
with a knot of chiefs, upplauded th
show.
II went on and on. New forms of
mental torture were constantly de
vised. Ilarkness closed down, and the
fires beside the stakes were lighted. I
was In a daze. I hud ceased to feel
fear or misgiving. I was conscious
only of a great weariness and thirst.
of h sudden I realized that the
shouting hud died down. The prancing
figures were at rest. Hut into the
circle of firelight swayed the hideous
column of False Faces, their masks
of monstrous birds and beasts and rep
tiles seeming ullve with horrid purpose
In the shifting gloom, their feet mov
ing harmoniously In the hesitant step
of the dance, their voices united In the
monotonous music of their chant.
They strung a circle, as they had
done the day before, and halted, beads
wabbling tills way and that. There
was ii brief pause, anil I noticed De
Veulle, risen to bis feet and staring
intently behind me, where the wall of
pines made a perfect background for
the spectacle. A sigh hurst from the
half-seen throngs of kavages.
"Cu-go sH Ho-nnn-as-tase-ta !"
I craned my neck, and as well as the
thonfs permitted me peered around
the stake to which I was lashed. A
white figure flitted from the protection
of the trees and gilded toward us. Ths
False Faces started a queer, rhythmic
air, accompanied by gently throbbing
drums. The figure commenced to
dance, arms wide, hair floating free.
Heslde me Ts-wan-ne-ars choked back
a groan of hate and love and fought
fruitlessly against the rawhide thongs.
"Twas (la-ha-no. She wore again
her ceremonial uniform, the kilt and
moccasins; hut this time they were
white, fashioned of skins taken from
the bellies of young does. Her limbs
and body, too, were coated with some
white substance that made her gleam
like a delicate marble statue when she
postured In the flickering radiance of
the tires.
She tossed up her arms In a curving
gesture toward the moon, riding low
above the treetops. The music of ths
attendant priests swung into a faster
measure, the pulsing of the drums be
came subtly disturbing, commundlng.
"O So-a kn-ga-gwa," she cried, "t.
your servant, the Mistress of the False
Faces, begin now the Moon feast we
make in your honor!"
She resumed her dance, but 'twas
very different from the graceful, pleas
ing steps she had first used. I know
not how to describe It, save perhaps
that 'twas like the music, provocative,
appealing to t lie basest instincts In
man. Indecent with a peculiarly attrac
tive Indecency. It was, I think, the
dunce of creation, of the impulse of
life, one of the oldest and In Its per
verted way one of the truest dances
which man ever devised. It could only
be danced by a savage people, primi
tive and unashamed.
Faster went the measure of the
dunce. Faster whirled the glistening
white figure. Now she danced before
us, bur eyes burning with mockery
I know not what of Ta-wan-ne-ars.
Now she spun around the open space
in ii series of intricate steps and pos
turlngs. The music worked up to a crescendo,
the drums thudding with furious speed.
Cii-lm-no leaped high In air and raised
her arms toward the moon, whose
sickle shape wns no whiter or fairer
than she.
The chant stopped In the middle of
a note, and as her feet touched the
ground again she ran lightly across
the amphitheater and threw herself
into De Veulle's arms, lie tossed her
upon his shoulder.
"The Moon feast Is open, O my
people," she called back as he disap
peared with her Into the shadows.
All those thousands of people went
mad. The dancing-place became a
wild tumult of naked savages, men and
women, leaping in groups und couples
to the renewed niuslo of the False
Faces. Decency and restraint were
cast aside.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
to Where She Stood
even with contempt the woman took
her stand in front of the bench and
fixing Judge Blrney with her eyes she
exclaimed:
"Judge, the man I'd marry again
nln't been born yet aud furthermore
his mother's dald."
Way of All Coif
Man Is an awful liar. When hi
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It was only a matter of luck, but he
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because he is a great man. Eldorado
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A Different Valuation
"When you figure on what you'rs
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Fairy Tale
dyAARY GRAHAM BOWER
SKYSCRAPER FAIRY
First I must tell you what the Sky
scraper Fulry woie. She wore a dress
of the loveliest shade of blue that
shade of blue that comes Just before
duwn iim creeps over the city build
ings and any hills that there may be
In the distance.
It was made In points, too, points
from her skirt, points from her shoul
ders and the sleeves went off in
points.
On her head was a crown that was
inude of blue, too, only there was Just
the faintest suggestion of rose In its
coloring and there were a few very,
very faint, very little, very small stars
Unit you could Just see if you looked
very closely.
Her home was on the top of the
tallest skyscraiwr In a big city of sky
scrapers. She lived there a great deal
of the time and she called It her home
though of course she hud her Fairy
land home, too, and she used to go
wandering and visiting a great deal
of the time.
She used to go at dusk when the
city Is beginning to have soft shad
ows over it so that all Its dirt und
ugliness disappear, and the bright
lights or the city und the faint lights
from the stars and the deep, deep
violet shadows take the place of tfe
tilings that stand out so plainly in
the daylight.
But it was not only because the city
was so lovely at twilight time and Just
lit sunset time, too, when the great
big sun sunk down behind the great
big city, that the Skyscraper fulry
loved it.
It wus because then she used to go
around to see her many little friends.
She went to visit the children. And
she hud so muny friends among them.
They did not exactly know she wus
the one who came to see them, but
they knew often at night how happy
And the Squirrels.
they were when they looked out of
their city windows und saw the mys
terious, wonderful city lights, and
heard the strange, muffled sounds of
the city streets.
They did not know why such won
derful thoughts came to them then
thoughts they never could express
they did not know quite why they felt
so happy and why their Imaginations
had such a good time without Just ex
actly letting them into the secret.
,For the Skyscraper fulry wanted to
make them ull huve as interesting a
time as the children w ho were visited
by fairies everywhere else. So every
city hud Its Skyscraper fuiry and her
workers. The first Skyscraper fairy
of all hud seen to that.
She knew that back of so many big
apartment house buildings with their
hundreds of windows und so muny
other huge big city places that looked
so hard und cold on the outside, were
plenty of wonderful children.
And she took them Fairyland
thoughts.
At dusk, too, she used to go around
and see them as they awoke and made
them feel something of the same early
morning freshness that they would
have felt if they hud lived in the
country.
Oh, how the Skyscraper fairy knew
them.
She knew how they used to go to the
big purks lu the afternoon to play, she
knew how they used to go aud visit
the zoo.
She knew how they used to go und
feed tiie pigeons and the ducks und
the squirrels.
She knew how they used to draw
with their pieces of chalk on tho
stone walks that were in some of the
smaller parks where they went.
She used to watch them as they
played then, of course, in true Fairy
land style she wore a cloak so daz
zling that they could no more have
looked at her than they could have
looked at the sun.
She loved! her city children and she
knew how they, too, loved fairies and
she loved the city with its big, hnrd
buildings which softened In the after
noon when the sun set, and as the
lights came out, and again in the
morning when the blue colors rested
over the whole, whole city of sky
scrapers. New Type ,
The youngsf er very proudly shewed
mother the picture she had been
drawing. It was supposed to repre
sent a house, surrounded by trees.
Mother was critical. "Just look St
thut house," she said. "It's too big;
It's as tall ns the trees."
The youngster looked scornful. "O,
this Is an apartment house," she said.
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