night. So Jennie Stone remarked. But there had to be something practical

er wish to help the Indian girl, and partly due to her desire to furnish Mr.

idea like magpies from breakfast to lunch. Then Helen drove over from The Outlook, and she had

I can get Mr. Hammond on the long-distance 'phone. Thi

akota Joe will say?" drawled He

ie. "Don't be a goose, Helen. This

find it difficult to take Wonota away from the Wild

ntil the fatal break occurs we mu

Well, come on! The chariot awaits, my lady. If I am

," complained Jennie, "if she

Helen. "C?sar, according to the books,

Hammond in a distant city. She told him a good deal more than she had the girls. It was his due. Besides, she had a

e natural ability, we might safely go ahead with it, I will get into communication by telegraph with the Department of Indian Affairs at Washing

er it costs, remember, I am just as good a sport as y

lationship to Uncle Jabez," Mr. Hammond declare

returned. "Now I mean to see Wonota again and try to encourage her to throw in her

ve taken up with his offer, Ruthie. You could ha

to see the show aga

ed Helen, "if Wonota was sure to shoot Joe. What

I never did blame Mercy much for being so scrappy. Because of her lameness she missed a

as long as she takes it out on Dakota Joe, for instance, I d

ear!" cr

Ruth the next day to the afternoon performance of the Wild West Show at a town mu

was utterly disillusioned about traveling with a tent show; and even the promises Fenbrook had made her of improved conditio

e white girls. "The Great Father at Washington can do nothing now to find my father-and I do not blame the White Father.

ou go about looking for Chief Tot

self. I must search thro

aculated Jennie.

lady?" asked W

said Ruth, quietly. "I understand how you feel, Wonota. And conditions may soon chan

luable oil lands on their reservation. But it will be some years before money from

o keep on earning money?" s

" Wonota retu

r at the white girls and tried to act kindly toward his pretty employee. Wonota scarcely l

e hoarsely whispered behind his hairy hand to t

enbrook," Ruth said decidedly. "Wonot

for her she'll aim to stay right wit

onota, could get a release from her contract with the showman there would be an opportunity

es, "do you think I could act for th

drove home. "Even the Red Indian is craz

ting his or her picture taken? Not very many. And when it comes to appe

sful in making a star of the Indian girl, that that very night she sat up until the wee small hours lay

s achievement-an obstacle which at first seemed to threa