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) I Oat oi? the Pampas I A By a. A. MONTY AJ By a. &&&&&&&&&&&&&& CUAPTRtt XV. Ethel, when carried Into captivity, had cried it first until sho could cry no more, nnd had now nerved herself for tho worst. She had beard that the Indian have neither mercy nor pity for auyone who may exhibit fer of deaths sho knew that no entreaties or tears would more them In the slightest, but that courage nnd nnunes would at any rate command their respect and admiration. 8ho had therefore schoolod herself to show no emotion. Nevertheless, as, after four days, the troop drew up In front of the council hut and allshted, the women pressed round to heap abuse upon the prisoner; but on of the Indians atsnned up to her and wared them back, and, saylof "She Is the child of a treat chief," took her by the arm and handed her over to the care of the wife of ono of the principal chlofs. The selection was a good one, for the woman, who was young, was known In the trlbo as the Fawn, for her jrentle disposition. She at once led the captive away to her lodge, where she hado her It down, offered her food and spoke kind ly to her In her low, soft, Indian tongue. Kthel could not understand her, but the kindly tones mored her more than the threats of tho crowd outsldo had done, and she broke down In a torrent of tears. The next morning an incident occurred which, although she knew It not at the time, entirely altered her destination nnd prospects. She was sitting upon the ground, when man, who by his bearing appeared to be the principal chief present, passed in earnest talk with another chief. In the latter ahe recogulzed at once one of the wounded Indian prisoners who had re mained at her father's homt fsr a full week. Tawalna," ahe said, leaping to her feet. He paid no attention to her call, and she repeated it In a louder tone. The principal chief stopped; Tawalna did the same. Then he walked slowly toward the captlre. "Save me. Tawalna," ahe said, "and send roe back again home." Tawalna shook his head. "Not can." he said. "Tawalna friend. Help some time not now." And he turn ed away again. "Doea Tawalna know the White Bird?" the chief asked him. "that sho slags bis name?" Tawalna paused and said: '"Tawalna knows her. Her father la the great white brare." Tho Indian chief gars a bound of as tonishment and pleasure. "The white brare with the shooting flames?" Tawalna nodded. Ills meeting with Kthel had been apparently accidental, but was in reality intentional. Her actual captor was one of the chiefs, although not tho principal one, of the Pampas In dians; and in the dlrlslon of the spoil, preparations for which were going on, there was no doubt that she would be as signed to that tribe. He therefore went direct to the chief of tho Pampas In dians and asked that the white girl might fall to bis tribe, lite chief hesitated. "Sho Is our captire," he said. "The people win like to see her." The delight of the Indians, when they found that they had the daughter of their twice victorious enemy in their bands, was unbounded. Vengeance is to the In dians even more precious than plunder. The news flew from mouth to mouth, and triumphant whoops resounded through out the camp; and Kthel Inside her tent felt her blood run cold at the aarage ex ultation which they conveyed. She waa greatly troubled by the Ore, for she saw that it must efface all algns of the trail, and render the task of her friends long and dlUIcult, and she felt greatly depressed at what ahe looked up on aa a certain postponement of her res cue. She lay thinking over all this for a long time, until the camp had subsided Into perfect quiet. Then the skins wero slightly lifted near her head, and she heard a voice whisper: "Me, Tawnlua friend. Or eat chief come to look for girl. Two trails eyes blinded. Tawalna make sign point way, Ulre piece dross, that great chief may believe." Kthel at once understood. Sho cau tiously tore off a narrow strip from tho bottom of her dress, and put it under the skin to the speakor. "Good," ho said. "Tawalna friend. Ethel hopo." Greatly relieved by knowing that a clew would be now given to her friends, nnd overpowered by fatigue, Ethel wus very shortly fast asleep. , Tho next morning she was awake early, nud had It not been for the terrible ultUAtlou In which she was placed she would have been amused by tho busy stir In the village, and by tliu little copper colored urchins at play, or going out with tho women to collect wood or fetch wat er. There was nothing to prevent Kthel from going out among them, but the looks of scowllug hatred which they cast at her made her draw back again Into tho hut, after a long, auxlous look around. It was relief nt least to have halted, great as her danger undoubtedly was. She felt certain now that hour by hour her father must be approaching. He might even now be within a few mllex. Had it not been for tho fire, sho was certain that ho would already have been up, but she could not tell how long ho might have been before ho recovered tho trail. Toward tho middle of the day two or three Indians might hare been seen going A. tirjNTY &&33&2? through the vlllnge, summoning those whose position and rank entitled them to place at the council. Soon they were seen approaching and taking their seats gravely on tho ground In front of the hut of tho principal chief. The women, the youths and such men as had not n yet by their fonts In battle distinguished thcmsclve milUclcnt ly to be summoned to the council, nsscm bled at a short dlstauce off. Tho rmin cil Rat In the form of a circle, the Inner ring being formed of the elder and lead ing men of the tribe, while the warriors sat round them. Struck by the hush which had suddenly succeeded to the noise of the village, Ethel again went to the door. She was greatly struck by the scene, and was look Ing woaderlngly at It, when she felt n touch on her shoulder, and on looking round saw the Fawn gated pityingly nt her, and at the sauto time signing to her to come In. The truth at once flashed across Ethel's mind. The council had met to decldo her fate, and she did not doubt for a moment what that declslou would be. Sho felt that all hope was over, and retiring Into the hut passed tho tlmo In prayer and in preparation for the fearful ordeal which was at hand. After the council had met there was n pause of expectation, and tho Stag then rose. ".My brother, my heart Is very glad. The Great Spirit has ceased to frown up on his .children. Twice we went out, and twice returned empty handed, while many of our lodge were empty. The guns which shoot without loading were too strong for us, ami we returned sorrowful. Last year we did not go out; tho hearts of our braves were heavy. Till year we said perhaps the Great Spirit will no longer be angry with his children, and wo went out. This time we have not re turned empty handed. The lowing of cattle Is In my ear, and I see many sheep. The white men have felt the strength of our arms; and of tho young men who went out with me there Is not one rais ing. Heat of all, we hare brought bsck a captive, the daughter of the white chief of the flying guns which load themselves. Let me hand her over to our women; they will know bow to make her cry; and we will send her head to the white chief, to show that his guns cannot reach to the Indian country. Have I spokeu well?" A murmur et assent followed the chiefs speech; and aupposlng that no more would bo ssld upon the matter, the Stag was about to declare the council doted, when an Indian sitting In the In ner circle rose. "My brothers, I will tell you a atory. The birds once went out to attack the nest of .an eagle, but tho eaglo was too strong for them; and when all had gono he went out from his nest with his chil dren, the young eagles, and he found tho raven and two other birds hurt and un able to fly, and Instead of killing them, as they might have done, the eagles took them up to their nest and nursed them and tended them until they were able to fly, nnd then sent them homo to their other birds. So was It with Tawalna and his two friends." And the speaker indi cated with his arm two Indians sitting at the outer edge of the circle. "Tawalna fell at the fence where so many of us fell, and in tie morning the white men took him and gave him water and placed him In shelter and bandaged his wound; and the little White Bird and her slstor brought him food and cool drinks every day and looked pitifully at him. Hut Tawalna said to himself; The white tai-n are only curing Tawalna that when the time cornea they may see Vfw an Indian can die. Hut when he was well tbey brought horses and put a bow and arrows Into our hands and bade us go free. It is only In the battle that the great whlto chief Is terrible. He has a great heart. The enemies he killed ho did not triumph over. Ho laid them in n great grave. He honored them, and planted trees with drooping leaves at their head and at their feet, nnd put a fence round that the foxes might not touch their bones. Shall the Iudion be less generous than thft white man? Even thoe taken In lialtlo they spans) nnd sent home. Shall wo kill the White Hlrd captured In her nest? My brothers will not do so. They will send back the White Hlrd to the great white chlof. Have I spoken well?" This time a confused murmur ran round the circle. Some of the younger men wero struck with this appeal to their gener osity, and were in favor of Tawnlna' proposition; the elder and more ferocious Indians wero altogether opposed to Jt. Speaker succeeded speaker, nome urg ing ono sldo of tho question, some the other. At last the Stag again rose. ".My broth ers," ho said, "my ears hnvo hoard strange words and my spirit Is troubled. Tawnlua 1ms told us of tho ways of tho whites after n battle; but the Indians' ways aro not as tho whites' way", nud tho Stag Is too old to learn now fashions. He looks round, ho sees inuny lodges emp ty, he-seen mnuy woinun who have no husbands to hunt game, he lion the voices of children who cry for meat. He remembers his brothers who fell before the flying fire and tho guns which loaded themselves, and his eyes nre full of blood. Tho great white chief has made many wigwams desolate; let thero bo mourning in the house of tho white chief, Uavo I spoken well?" The acclamations which followed this speech wero so loud und general that the party of Tawalna was silenced and the council at once broke up, A cry of exul- tattoa broke from the women when thsy heard tho decision. An hour later Ethel know that she waa condemned tu die. GHAPTKK XVI. In splto of their utmost effort Mr. Hardy' party had made alower progresa than tbey had anticipated, Many of the horse had broken down under fatigue) nud n they had no spare horses to re place them as the Indian had In llkocaso done from those they had driven off from Mr. Mercer, tltoy wero forced to travel far mom slowly (linn nt Ural. They gained upon the Indians, however, n they could tell by the position of the camping ground for the night. At 51 o'clock on the afternoon of the last dny they pnssed the place their ene my had left thnt mornlug; but although they kept on uutll long after sunset, many of them having led their horses all day, they were still more than thirty miles away from the muuntnln among which they knew that the Indian vlllago was situated. None of the irnucho had ever been there, but thoy knew Its situation and general features by report. They had no dlQIculty In following the trnll since tbey had struck It. That was a night of terrible anxiety to all. Many of the party were already exhausted by their long day under a burning sun. It was altogether Impossible to reach the vllagr that night, llefore daybreak they were on agalu on the march all on foot and lending their horses. In order to spare them as much ns possible should they be required at night. Speed was now no object. It was, they knew, hopeless to attack la broad dnillght, n the Indians would be more than n match for them, and Ethel's i life .iKTrSi- -ih2 seven miles of the gorge, nearer than which they dared not go. lest they might be seen by any straggling Indian. A evening fell thry were all In the ad - die. and were pleased to Mud that the horses were ditldedly fresher for their rest. They did not draw rein until the ground became stony, and they knew trust they must be at the mouth of the gorge, Then they dismounted and picketed the horses. Two of the gaurhos wero sta- Hone.! with them as guards, ami the rest went atealthlly forward-the rocket be- Ing Intrusted to the care of I'rence. It was still only 8 o clock dangerously early for a surprise; but the hole party were quite agreed to risk everything, a no one could say In what position Kthel might le placed, nud what difference an hour might make. Their plan wa to steal quietly up to the first hut they found, to gag ita Inmate and compel one of them, under threat of Instant death, to guide them to the hut In which Ethel wa placed. Suddenly Mr. Hardy wa ttartlcd by a dark figure rising from a roek against which be had almost stnmblvd, with the word: "White man good. Tawalna friend. Come to take him to child." Then followed a few hurried questions, and no words can express the delight and gratitude of Mr, Ifanly and his sous, and the Intense satisfaction of the others on finding that Ethel wa alive and for the present free from danger. iierKminessto'lawalna wmie he my j wounded at her heme had brought to her . nl,."J r:'.cni.Mn?05 "'"'l Her kindness to Tawalna while he lay It was agreed now to wait for two hours to give time for the Indians to re tire to rest; nnd while they waited Ta walna told them all that had happened up to tho nrrlvil nt the village, passing, over the last dy' proceeding by saying briefly that EtLel bad run a great risk or ueing put ro uenwi, nut mat a ueiay had been obtained by her friends. Hav-' Ing told his stery, he ssld: "Tawalna friend to great white chief. Gavo sjgnal with arrow; saved little White Hlrd to-' day. Hut Tawslnn Indian not like see Indian killed. White chief promise not kill Indian women nnd children?" Mr. Hardy assured the Indian that they had no thought of killing women and children "If can take little Wilt- Hlrd without waking village, not kill men?" Tawalu asked again. "tA .Ia MA, .... Mat... t. M .111... It we can help It. Tawalna; but I do not see ' any chance of escaping without a light. Our Sunn. t. .it .I-., i i-...f ami ti... in. i dians will easily overtake ua oveu if w get a night' stsrt," ' "Mustn't go out on plain," Tawalna said, earnestly, "If go out on plain, nil killed. Indian two hundred nnd fifty brnyese-ent up white men on plain." "I urn afraid that Is true enough, 'la- wnlnn. though we shall prove very tough rn.."i? 'i., ."." W. ".'.' m J.'.?.'?'; it !. ;T,r " ,D ' " I lire wo io not "Come back to mouth of canyon-hold 1ul trcatment s n cndlcfl., hopeless In'iiin.". '""T 'f n''"g " ' ' ' task. Some uliuple wish or ointment wP&XStiTJM, delighted- b often beneflcml yhen the skin la i. .i. i... i i i ,i Li.i..- ...i.i. much inflamed or itches, but you can't .ui,,ui, n.i. nnfe, Tawalna go nway-not light ono way, not light other way. When meet ngnln, while chief not talk about tonight. ' Not great Indian know Tawnlua whlto chief friend." , "lou can rely upon nil, Tnwnlnn. They ihall never loarn from us of your share in this nfTulr. And now I think It Is tlmo for'iiH to lie moving forwnrd, It will bo pnst 10 o'clock before wo nro there." (To bo continued.) Hnvo you so much leisure from your own busluea that you can tnko cure of that of other peoplo that does not belong to you. Tereucu. great apprehension, ho had not seen uepemi upon local reracuics lor ucrnax how It would be possible to make good cnt relief, for the blood is i continually their retreat on thulr tired horses in tho throwing off impuritlefl which Irritate teeth of the Indians. "The very thliigl nnd clog' the glands and pores oi A you ny, we can hold the gorge for n the skin, and ns long as the blood rc month, If necessary, and sooner or later mains unhealthy, juHt so long will the they will be slek of it nod ugree to let us eruptions last. To effectually nud pcr retreat In quiet. Ilcslde. n week'n rest , manently cure skin troubles the blood would et our horsun. up ngnln, und then mflt be purified and the system wo could mnke our retreat In spile of thoroughly cleansed nnd built up, and """ I S. S. 8., the well known blood purifier "Ono mora thin:." Tawalna said. ad tonic, is acknowledged superior to -V hen great chief go, little A lilto Hlrd M othcf rc,ncuic3 for this purpose. It nnfe, Tawalna go nway-not fight ono ,a t1lw ., .,nrn,.,PWi .trletlO ve.rctn. , v .! ii'Tlunrii in A Bad Stomach Lesrann tho Nfoliilticim ami mnr tho happiness :l life. It'a n wenk Momnrh, n stotnnclt Hint enn not proiwrly pnrform Hh functions. Among Hh symptom nrn distress alter eating, imuwiv between inonl, heartburn, holchlug, vomiting, llatn lonry and norvoua hoadnchn, Hood's Sarsaparllla Cures n pad stomach, Indigestion und dyspepsia, nnd tho euro la pormnnont. Accept no tmbntltuto. Uxchang of Compliment. Bho And what did father rny when you naked hlniT Ho Ho ald ho didn't want any foot In tho family. Sho And ho really doeiu't know you at all I lie Kzcopt thnt I want to murry you. Iloiton Transcript. A Domestic Mystery, Hobby (walking tho Hoor at 12 a. in.) I'd Just liko to know why thin baby persists In lay lug awako every night? Wlfey lleally, I can't Imagine, I nover have any trouble In keeping him awako In the dnytlnio, Now York Weekly. The Country IMItor. A great llrltlsh statesman ha de clared that all reform movement be gin lu Lancashire and end In taudon. It may likewise bo a'llrmod that tho , , 0, ,, u primarily ' J-irdJ,rB i tha-7m,MI?i,,7i "T ' i ' U, r,ur ""ctum, the director- of i "' iMtfopol tan pre twin or tho ! most part middlemen In Ideas, n city ' merciinnin Hn in commodities'. .ow ! Orleana Times-Democrat. j " - A Wonderful Actor. ' Winks TaU about stage rcallsml toti should see Strident In "Lovo nnd Wo," Jink Ho can't hold a candle to tny fed, Mouther. Why, air, he played tii ,eavy villain In "Woman - Wronga" so realistically that III wile ' , . .u.... i. -.l w , y 'ky U, nXt Mk'"-'S' Children' Favorite Dead. Mlsa Elliabolh W. Martin, whose torle for children wero widely known, I dead. She wa a cousin of Samuel I.. Cemcna and Col. Henry Walter on. Hnougb to Kill lllra. Hobo Charley Hoy, loldy, If dat dawg bite mo lie dies, ae?" Lady I bollevo you; I don't oo how ho could recover. llaltlmoro American, Wetl Described. I a trust?" "What asked the teacher. "A trut. replied tho nowtpaper ,., ia A tyxKi for an od. j,, wJ0n ,,, ,, Brh,ng o)l, to dl.cuieod."-ClilcaBo Poit. Poor Child. "I hear Jack Knndor waa hero to seo l,,ibJr' ",d,r "wmloy. c "Is wife replied, I auppoiio tho flnt tiling ho Raid wai: 'Ho look Juat liko lit father.' " "No, tho first thing ho wild wa 'Good Heaven!' Then he tald that." DEAGREEABLE REFLEGTI0NJ 14 The mirror never flatten; It tells wnw. nunuuicr uuvr wucu u may nun mo ortde or Low uumiliatintr and disagreeable the reflections. A red, rouch akin beauty, and blackheads, blotches and pimples are rulnoun to the complexion, and no wonder ouch desperate eiTorta nre made to hide these blemlnhcs, nnd cover over the defects, nnd nome never stop to consider the dancer la sklo foods, face lotions, aoans. nalvca and nowdera. but nDnlv them vle-orouslv out d to .,,(:-,, and many complex " "ined by the chemicals and polsona contn Skin diseaaes are due to Internal causes, to hi ..... .. i... . 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Ho read without glc KflnoK nonineow. a,,d , M ju0 and chipper a an Ungllsh tparrow, He la also something of a humorist, n may be Inferred from the following; "Ye, I am In possession of all my faculties except my right leg, Lost that In my young day up In York flute got hurt In Jumping contest. No chloroform those day Just whistled ind bummed a tun while the doctor awed her off, When I wa 2H I got tht very wooden one. so you cnu figure stit for yourself It' seventy.tlve yeora Did. "I remember the war of 1HI2 waa a hoy 13 yrnrs old. My brother and I stood on the dock In Now York th night the Constitution ran the block ide. nnd taw the rocket go up. "When I wn HA l wanted to live to my seventieth birthday, nnd so on, flvn year nt a time until I wn tX). Then I went by two until I waa 100. Now I mil going by one. I want to II v till my next birthday. After that well. I don't know." 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