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=*= *♦< WMteHamt A Tale of the Early Settlors of Loolslana. BY AU8TIN C . BUR C H A P T E R X I.—(Continned.i ‘ Coqualla blushed and hung down her bead when she aaw the people gasing upon her, and her companion trembled violently. But they were not left long in anapenae. Stung Serpent waa abeent; but the Great Sun atepped down from the elevated »eat that he occupied, and from one o f the attendanta he took a bow and an arrow, and a crown o f feathera, to Which waa affixed an oak twig. The latter he placed upon White Hand’a hyod, and the weapona he placed in his hand. Then to Coqualla the old chief gave a laurel tw ig and an ear o f corn. “ M y son,” then apoke the Great Sun, in a solemn and impreaaive tone, “ I, as the eldest male relative of the bride, do now bestow “her upon thee. Thou hast been crowned with the plumage o f the soaring bird, which aignifieth the power -of command you shall exercise In the household. The tw ig of oak tells ua that the depth o f no forest can prevent thee procuring food in times o f need; while the bow and arrow in thy hand eignifieth that even unto death thou w ilt protect her who is now given unto thee for a w ife.” Then the Great Sun turned t o the bride: “ Coqualla, in thy hand thou boldest the tw ig o f laurel—the emblem o f purity. So wilt thou ever remain pure and unsullied, that the green laurel may be no more pure than art thou. The ear o f corn thou hast also assumed. Never let thy household want for food whilst thou art thus provided.” Then the chieftain resumed hia seat, end the same old man who had led W hite Hand to the temple atepped forward and delivered a sort of sermon, after wMH* the couple were hailed as man and wife. In the middt o f these rejoicings, the en trance to the house waa darkened, and in a moment more Stung Serpent stood within the place. H e looked upon W hite Hand, and his brow darkened, but a close •observer could have seen that the look was assumed. # “ Who hath done this ?” he demanded, in a loud tone. “ I, my brother,” answered the Great Bun. “ They loved each other well, and I gave thy child away." Stung Serpent bowed his head a few moments, .and wfeen he looked up again his .brow was clear. “ Then my promise is made void,” he said; “ for no man can harm the husband •of his child. W hite Hand, thou art safe with us; but remember thine oath!” “ The husband of thy child will not break his promise,” spoke the W hite Hand, solemnly. ' __ “ It is well. I am in season for the fes- tlvKies.” And thereupon the festivities commenc ed, and they were kept up till late in the evening, and then the newly married couple were conducted to a dwelling that the king himself gave them. It was just back o f the house of Stung Serpent, and was within the line of the great circle of dwelllnga, but ita poat o f honor wsa marked by Ita nearneaa to the abode of the Great 8un. A fte r the newly married pair had been -conducted to their dwelling, the youth felt a bpnd upon his inn, and on turning he saw the Great Sun. “ W hite Hand,” he «aid, “ follow me, fo r the Great 8un of the Natchez has much to say to thee.” Full o f wonder, the youth followed tlie king from the plsce, but he did not fear, for there was only kindness in the tones -of the monarch. On they went until "they reached a gigantic oak that stood in the very center o f the village, and here the Great Sun stopped. , “ White Hand,” he said, in a Iqw, sol emn tone, “ thou hast sworn to my broth e r that thou wilt not betray thyself to thy countrymen, nor leave the village of the White Apple without our consent. Only six miles from here is the fort and village o f the white man; so thon seest how great is the trust we repose in thee.” “ Yet I will not” break my word,” said the youth, while a spirit of awe crept over him. There was something grand and sublime in the scene about him, and he could not shake off the impression that a sort of mystic fate was being worked out in all this. The heavens were without a cloud, and the myriad stars were twinkling like tiny eye« of fire away o ff in the dark rault. The broad, smooth plain stretched off like a mystic lake, while the huts of the Natches were dim ly visible in the great circle. “ W hite Hand.” resumed the dark monarch, “ I do not think that the Great Spirit o f our people is the same God that made the white man. The country «w a y beyond the great salt lake, they tell me, la full of white men, and your God haa given them laws not like oar laws. They pray to their God for vengeance on the Natchex. and the dread vengeance comes. Like the swift storm at night, end Ilka the bound of the beast o f prey, It cornea upon ua. M y son, thou caast ,pray?” “ Yea,” murmured the youth. “ Then wilt thou not pray for the Nat- d iet? W ilt thou not pray that H e will send no more calamities upon ns? Thou art good, and true, and noble. W bat shy est thou?'’ A strange truth now flashed upon the youth's mind. The Indians, in their sim ple dread o f the white man’s God, had believed that if they coaid possess one o f the true worshiper« o f that God, and persuade him to Intercede for them, the calamities that resulted from the prayers o f their enemies might be averted. Yet W hite Hand did not worker, for he knew -L a j s . , h o # simple were the ideas that the red men entertained o f their own Deity. And. moreover, he knew that the Indians had often heard the monks praying, and when he remembered how direct and common were the appeals thus made, he did not question the Influence it must have upon those who were wont to regard Deity as a being to be propitiated with gifts and outer altow. The youth's first thought waa to try and correct the error Into which the chief had fallen; but when he came to refloat that in such a work he should have to uproot the prejudices o f a lifetime, be resolved to do as waa ask ed o f him. “ Great and mighty king,* said the youth, in a tone that gave evidence of his trath, “ I think God will answer my prat ers aa quickly as those o f any o f my peo ple, and so far as the Natches are in the right, w ill I pray for them.” “ And thou wilt tell him aH the wrongs w e suffer, and all the indlgndtiea that a ft heaped upon ns?*' “ I will,” replied W hite Hand. “ Then thou shalt be the well-beloved o f the Natchez. Let us return now, and as we go. I will tell thee more. The white chief at Rosalie is called ChOpart. H e is a bad man, and a liar. I dare not tell thee all the evil he haa done. But ha haa robbed ua o f our cattle, and we can have no redress. H e has encroached upon our lands, and we cannot drive him off. But O ! the day o f deckoning must come. Beware, my son, that thou lettest not thy sympathy ran with these bad men, for the hour is nigh at hand—the hour o f vengeance and retribution!” The king spoke no more, only to bid W hite Hand good-night when they reach ed the dwelling, and soon the youth was with hla princess. Truly his situation waa a strange one. and 4 h »t night he prayed long and fervently,’ but he dared not let his w ife know all hia prayer,: C H A P T E R X II. On the very evening that W hite Hand reached the village o f thh W hite Apple a party of Ohickaaaws atepped upon the northern shore o f Lalm Pontchartrain. They were ten in numbdr, and with them waa a prisoner, who how reclined against a small hickory tree. H er silken gown is torn and soiled by the thorns and bushes through which she haa been led, and the thin shoes are worn through till the feet have become sore and bleeding; for the way ahe has come has been a hard one, and many sharp bramble haa bestrewn the path. But she rests now. The flames dart up from a fire near at hand. Sick and faint, ahe sinks down upon the soft mossy bed at the foot of the tree, and ere long all her dangers and tronblea are forgotten in sleep. The fair prisoner .ever and anon starts up with frightful dreams,.until at length, when the night ia far spent, she is arous ed by strange sounds near at hand, amid which she can distinguish the clash of arms and the hum o f angry voices. The idea o f escape breaks upon her mind. A moment she gases around, and she sees men in conference about her, with weap ons drawn, and voices raised as if in an ger. She moves only a atep, and a hand ia laid upon her shoulder^, stout Chick asaw holds her fast an<T tells her she cannot escape. In a moment more tj»c Chickasaw is pushed rudely aside, and Louise looks up Into the moon-lit face of Simon Lbboial “ H a !” he cries, with well-assumed as tonishment, “ and was my suspicion cor rect? Have I found my beloved thus dragged away by ^ruthless savages? Early this morning a runner brought the news to New Orleans that a white girl waa be ing carried off by the Chickasaws, and that their trail bent towards the great lake. A mystic voice whispered thy name in my ear. Why It was I know not; but I started, and I have found thpe. Look up, sweet Louise, for thou art safe. Thou art rescued! The maiden’s first emotion seemed to be to shrink from the white man, but in a moment more she gave him her hand. “ And am I free from these savages?” she asked, gazing first into Simon's face and then upon the motley crew about her. “ Ay, thou art, Louise. Do you not see that they are all quelled? Heaven must have directed me to this spot. Fear no more, for thou shalt be safe with me.” Under any other circumstances, Louise might have been frantic with joy at such salutation, but now she was moved by so many conflicting doubts that the coming of the zeecners seemed to move her but little. By the bright moonlight she conld see the ort>w about her, and they did not look like deadly enemies. Not one was wounded, nor did any one appear to be hurt. T o be sure, there had been the sound of strife, but it may have only been a mock battle after all. A t any rate, so ran the maiden's thoughts, though she kept them to herself. “ Come,” continued Simon, after wait ing some moments for an answer that he did not receive—“ come with me now. The savages will not dare to harm you more, nor will they dare molest ns.” Lotiise suffered herself to be led to the shore o f the lake, and there she found two boats In waiting. She had been seat ed in one of them when the chief of the Chickasaw party came down and called Simon back. A bitter smile stole over the maiden’s face as she saw this, and her suspicion a were well confirmed when she saw Lobols follow the red man up the bank. Bat the cousin returned in a few momenta, and having seated himself by the aide of Louise, the boats were manned and shoved off. “ The red dog wanted me to promise that I would not expose his crime to the Governor,” said Simon, after the boats had got well into the lake. “ I would have made them all prisoners, only that -I feared you might be harmed in the melee. Yon did not notice how we came upon them, and What first occurred, did you?” Blmon gaaed sharply into his companion's face aa he thus spoke, as though he wottld read any suspicion aha might hold. “ I aaw nothing until I was grasped by the shoulder,” ahe truthfully replied, “ for I waa sound asleep whefi you came.” “ So I thought. But J will explain: Ona -r . »art s * . ... of RIVER CONTINUES TO RAISE. the various trails that lead to tha lake, and IK guided ua here. W e landed, and Mississippi Valley we found the Indians asleep, all « v e one; but they woe# upon their feat by Memphis, Tenn., March 14.:— There NEW OREGON LAW MAKES TA XES tha t in t wa were up with them, And I saw that some o f them had guns. A t is little change in the river situation PAYABLE BY DECEMBER 31. that moment I espied you asleep upon tonight, and, although the rise today tha ground. In an instant I forbade my haa been slight, the situation ii con men to fire, for I feared you might be sidered grave and the stage of more hit. I told the leader o f th * Indians that than 88 feet ie still expected. The does Into Effect Next Year — . he waa discovered, and that if he did not gauge tonight shows 36.8. Begin W ork a give np his prisoner, I Would have the The levee two miles sooth of Cara- nary—Annual Levy by whole French force down upon his peo thersville is caving badly, "and tha W ill Ba Made at ple before another sun had set. And I furthermore told him that If be would greatest danger is looked for at. this Other i The country for 60 miles quietly deliver up the maiden, we would point. not harm him. A scuffle ensued between around Cara thersville is Hooded, and Salem, Oregon, March 16.— Taxpay Another some o f the red men and two of my com n i l war traffic is suspended. panions, but we quickly stopped it, und weak spot in the levee system apparent ers in Oregon w ill pay taxes twice in the Indiana agreed to give you np if we now is at Vandose, Ark., near Green 1904. They will pay the taxes levied would let them depart in peace. I con ville, Miss. A “ sand boil” appeared sented, and—you know the rest. Was it there just back . of the levee between upon the tax roil of 1903 and also the not fortunate that I heard the report this the horns of a bend iA the river west of taxes levied upon the roll of 1904. morning?—and waa it not very fortunate Lake Chicot. «Ebe, “ boil” waa prompt This ia doe to a change in the law by that heaven whispered to me that you ly suppressed, but appearances indicate which taxea are to be paid in the fail might be the prisoner?” returned Lou- “ Qnd* r««’ound fissure that may prove of the same year the aaaesamanet is “ I t waa very fortunate, dangerous. ise. . * 'S . Private dispatches from Carathers- made. In order to effect this change it “ And perhaps yon think it waa strange,” added Simon. “ But yet I had ville say the situation there is practi waa necessary to make the taxea pay some ground for the fear. The runner cally unchanged, and that the embank able three months earlier or nine told 'me that the Indians were on the ments will hold a stage three feet great months later. The ccl lection of taxea Tiekfah trail, and I conld think of no er than at present. _ is already three months later than it place from whence they could have Captain Lucas, iu charge of the First brought a young white maiden captive and Second districts, left here today should be, so the legislature decided to in that direction save from the estate of for Helena to personally investigate make the taxea payable in the preced our father. I aay our father, for surely conditions in the White river district. ing fall rather than in the succeeding he haa been a father to me. The more Supplies and men were also sent there fall. I thought o f the matter, the more con to strengthen the levee. Supplies and firmed my fears became. A French ship Under the present law the assessment lay in the river, and I easily hired some men also have been sent to Cat island, ia made after the first Monday in where the rash of the waters through of her men to come witlrTSe. O, Louise, do you reaiixe how great is the blessing the 17 mile gap in the levee la causing March, the assessment roll being filed thus fallen upon you? What must have uneasiness, and to Pekan point, where in September, the levy thereon made been yonr fate had I not found you as I the strengthening work is in progress the following January and the taxes on the embankments. did?” collected by the first Monday in April. But the maiden did not reply. She No news has been received today waa thinking how flimsy and improbable from the area in Mississippi county, Thus the taxea on the assessment of was the story her companion had told, A rkansas, which was reported flooded 1902 are not paid until 1903. and ahe wondered if he thought her such yesterday by water percolating through The new law provides that the a—a— a simpleton aa to believe all he said. C the embankments. - “ Do you realize what a fate must have or shall on the first Monday of January Tha engineers hare say the craet of been youra?” Simon urged. “ A the rise probably w ill reach Memphis procure blank assessment rolls and pro o f torture, or a life o f misery.” . “ I know the Indians aWsometlmes re Sunday, unless there are further heavy ceed forthwith to make hia assessment, vengeful, but I do not think they would rains general over this area. They pre and return the roil bv the first Monday have murdered a defenseless girl,” said dict a record breaking stage of water on account of the fact that the levees are in July, showing all the property Louise. ..... - L ___ 4 *— owned in his ooounty on the first Mon “ Ah, yon do not know (hem. You do holding against the flood. not know these Chickasaws. They are day in January. Section 360 of the AUTHORITY WITH A STRINQ. monsters of cruelty!” “ ----- - \ oode haa been amended so as to pro “ And yet they have been very kind to me." IB l Chinese Diplomats Not Allowed to Make vide that the oonnty board of eqoalisa- . “ Kind, Louise? Tnen why are you so tion shall ait on the first Monday of Pinal Bargain. pale and wan?—and why so feeble?” Washington, March 14.— The pleni Jnly, instead of on the last Monday of “ Because I am not well. I am sick. Section 3082 potentiaries of the powers who are en August, as heretofore. Last night I had a severe fever, but iny captors prepared some medicine from gaged at Shanghai in negotiating trade was amended so aa to limit tho time roots that they found in the earth, and it treaties with the Chinese commission- for correcting the asseaarusent rolls by ^ relieved me at once.” T era have discovered what they regard aa “ Ah, that was but to hold you up on flawa in the credentials of the Chinese the board of equalisation of the county - your journey. But you are sick, even agents which may make it imposai ble court to 20 days. now. Let me fix a place for repose.” foi them to bind their .government to Under the new law oonnty courts Simon spread a blanket upon the boat’s treaty form. The matter already haa must make the annual tax levy in Sep ... .v- stern sheets, .. and fixed * it i. brought to bottom in^the. the attention of the tember following the assessment. In so that Louise could lay her head upon State department, and M r. Conger ia order that the ooonty courts may have one of the thwarts, and when this was fixed, she availed herself'^bf tha oppor asking for advice, be, too, being en it if provided that the state board of tunity for rest thus afforded, for she gaged in the negotiations. It appears that the C hinese commis- apportionment shall make its estimate was in truth sick and faint, and her her^ ached. It was not all thereault of mere aionera mast memorialise kit« throne of atate^expensea in July, instead of in fatigue or fright, but disease had abso before the treaties w ill have force, and Janaary, aa at preaent. Oities and lutely . fastened upon her—a alight cold, the powers object to this lack .of au school districts must notifj the ooonty perhaps, at first, but now verging to a thority on the part of the commission dorks of their annual tax levies by the fever. era. Because Mr. Conger w ill have to first day of September, instead of by Y et Louise slept, and when rfhe awoke, rèfer any treaty be may draw np to hie the first day of February, as under the she found the sun shining down full up- government here for approval, precise old law. This givea tho oonnty courts on her, and the boat had reached the ly aa the Chinese commiaionera must fall information for the levying of taxea southern shore. She was assisted to do on their side, the United States at the September term of oonrt. land, but ahe could not walk. > However, government is not in a position to pro A ll taxes are payable by the Slat day horses were at hand, and when she was seated- in the saddle, the party started test very strongly against the, sufficien of December of the same year, section across the land towards New Orleans, cy of the Chinese cedentiala, so that 3106 of the codq having been amended which they reached before noon. Th-J Mr. Conger w ill go on with this treaty ao aa to make that provision. A ll place coatained not more than a hundred making«, while doing hia beat to have taxes not paid by the Slat day of De dwellings, and those were humble and the Chinese credentials enlarged. cember become delinquent on that day; primitive in form. The territory o f the provided, however, that if one-balf of PRESIDENT’S TRIP W EST. town had been laid out into squares, the taxea due on any parcel of land are sixty-six in nlimber, of three hundred paid by the 31st of December, the prop feet each. These squares were eleven in W ill Leave W ashington About April 1st erty-owner may have until the follow number upon the river, anfi six in depth; and Not Rstnrn Until June. ing first Monday in A prij, and if the so that with all the obstacles o f the nat Washington, March 14.— President remainder be not then paid, it becomes ural state of the land, its geographical Rosevelt’s contemplated western trip -delinquent, and, besides the penalty, position had marked It out la the mind of its founder as the nucleus o f a mighty was a subject of some discussion at the interest at the rate of 12 per cent w ill city. His quick and comprehensive mind white house today. Senators Long, of be charged on such remainder from the understood the advantages o f the position Kansas, and Hopkins, of Illinois, and 31st day of December. On ail delin in a commercial point of view, for he saw Foorth Assistant Postmaster General quent taxea interest is to. be charged at that here waa the natural point between Brirow, of Kansas, talked with the the rate of 12 per cent per annum from ocean and inland navigation. president about his tour. The Kansas the date of the delinquency, and if the T o a low, wooden house on Bourbon people are urging tho president to make taxes remain delinquent 30 days, a street was Txmlse conducted, and at her some stops iff their state after the de penalty of 5 per cent will be added. own requeat ahe was at once shown to a dication of the exposition grounds on On all taxea paid on or before the 31st bed, and a physician sent for. An o’d negro woman, named Loppa, came to April 30. Only one stop has thus far day of December, a rebate of 2 per cent Under the present wait upon her, and in a little while the been arranged. The president has ac will be allowed. cepted an invitation to attend a meet law the rebate ia 3 per cent. On the physician came. He was an old man. and well skilled in drugs. H e examined ing of the railway branch of the Y . M. first Monday in February the sheriff the patient’s pulse, her tongue, and ask C. A ., to be held at Topeka May 1. must begin the collection of delinquent ed numerous questions, and then an Few other detail« of the itinerary bave taxs by levying upon personal property, nounced that with care ah« might be well been worked out. It has been decided and on the first Monday in A pril close in a very few days. with practical definiteness that only the delinquent roll and return it ¿o the During the rest of that day and the one trip will be made. county court. following night, Loitlse haw no more of W hile nê date for the beginning of County treasurers aie required to Simon Iiobois. Her head ached mu h, the, trip can be fixed definitely until pay one-half the state taxes by January but finally the old doctor’s potions quiet the senate shall have adjourned, it ia 16, and the other half by Jnly; 15, but ed the nervous action, and late in the expected now that it will not be far the provisions of this act do not apply evening she sank into a gentle slumber. On the following morning she felt much from April 1. After leaving Washing to any taxes heretofore levied. Delinquent sales are to take place by better, so that the doctor smiled whipn ton the president will not return to Washington until some time in Jane. October 1. he came. In three days from that time The new law shortens the entire she was fairly recovered from her dis It is likely that the first two or three ease, though she was very weak, partly weeks of the trip will be passed prin time for making an assessment and from the severe shock she had received, cipally in the Yellowstone park. There collecting the taxes one month. and partly from the effects o f the medi the president will seek rest and recre Taxpayers will pay their 1903 taxes cines she had tiken. A t all events, the ation, but it is understood that ,be will iff March. 1904, and their 1904 taxes physician deemed It not necessary to call do little hunting. in Deoember, 1904. again, and only ordered now that hla pa tient’s diet should be strictly attended to. Chinese Rebels Still Oalnlng. Wholesale Mail Robbery. As Louise thus begaa to regain her Victoria, March 16.— The steamer Boston, March 14.— The city police, strength, «he wondered when Simon I,o- bois would take her home. She had ask acting with postoffioe inspectors, have Toss M ara, which arrived la st. nigbt, ed him once, but had gained no direct an arrested {five yonng men who, it is brought news of further engagements swer. charged, have in the last six months between the Chinese government forces (T o be continued.) robbed {be mails of $50,000. SOmé of and the Kwangsi rebels, in which the the prisoners, all of whom were em - imperial troops were defeated with loss, Memory. ployed as mail wagon drivers, have ad some high officials being among the • From 123 answers to questions pub mitted to the inspectors that they rip slain. The governor of Hunan baa t o l* .. lished two or three yean ago, Messrs. ped open the mail baga in broad day egraphed to the Chineser government to Y. and O. Henri And that a person’s first light in placea no lesa conspicuous than the effect that the rebellion haa reached memory nmy be of an extent occurring the North Union and Sooth Terminal a most dangerous state, and he requests aa early as the age of 6 months or as railway stations. fTbeir plunder con the government to mobilise troops in late aa 8 years—2 to 4 y ean being the sisted of gold watches, rings, silver other provinces as k precaution against emergencies. ware, Revolvers, knives, books, etc. usual agfe -4- v à 'j.zaaw* PAY TWICE IN 1904 4 K