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56 THE PHANTOM CHIEF. alternative! But Kishkalwa knew that he was exceeding the limits of his authority. The influence of the chief must be invoked to fix the doom of prisoners over whom he claimed the right of disposition as captor. Finding that his artifice had excited Marie to a degree which ren- dered conference impossible, the brave strode from the. lodge, intending to resume his attack upon what he clearly saw was her weakest side. From the stupor into which she fell, after the interview with the Indian, Marie was roused by feeling an arm thrown affectionately about her neck. Looking up, her eyes met those of Wabethe, still wet with tears. The wife had been an unobserved witness of the infidelity of Kish- kulwa—had awaited in an agony of suspense the result of his proposal; and not daring to complain to any of her tribe of the caprice which threatened to reduce fier to a secondary place in her husband's affection as well as in his lodge, she had borne in silence the unexpected blow. Prompied at length to see how Marie had been influenced, the unhappy woman stole into the apartment, and beheld an extremity of woe which at once assured her of the im- possibility of consent on the part of the while girl A fecling of gratitude was awakened for the resistance which had been made to the advances of the brave, and an in- stinct urged Wabethe to embrace her fellow-sufferer. Marie read in the sorrowful face of the wife that the bright dream of her maidenhood had been broken, and the two desolate ones, forgetting everything but their wretch- edness, wept in each otlier’s arms, CHAPTER IV. Several days elapsed without further annoyance on the part of Kishkalwa. Marie perceived that the surveillance over her movements had become more strict; but she was visited by the head chief of the town, and was reassured by the interest he manifested in her coudition—an interest not CoiKel sXo¥e) U . 4 a -¢ " ‘< Vi. er ct es -4 Ve f = mae” a + oe ee > + “9 * - 4s —