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"May the Lord God forgive ye, Master Benteen, and beHis minister in such stress 'T is I, Ezekiel Cairnes, who hath become an abomination unto Israel"

There was a tone of such utter depression in the great roaring voice, I feared some serious mishap had befallen hi toward the corner whence the sound ca loo prone upon the hard floor, evidently in adoration of that grotesque figure perched above, and now clearly revealed by a blazing up of the charred log Not one a theetting them instantly, my whole attention became riveted upon the marvellous transforht! He sat bolt upright, as though bound in that stiff posture, occupying a low dais, ale of the platfor crihly woven, presumably of native , and hence of rare beauty to Indian eyes Atat the cords which held him helpless, and I soon saw that his entire body rapped about with ropes of grass in such a manner as to render vain any hope of escape His oddly shapen figure, with the wide, square shoulders and short legs, was likewise-draped in red, above which flared his fiery shock of dishevelled hair, while a face fairly distorted with rage, gray fro eyes, glared down upon hter for ye, Master Benteen," he snorted savagely, straining at his cords, "could I burst these accursed strings, and lay my hands to your throat Ay! nor would yonder idolatrous swine lie there long if I once got free aine not, vain and presuhty--He who rideth in the chariot of the ind--will long permit the heathen to profane His holy places, or triumph in the ment, when the wicked shall be scattered as chaff"

"You are in ato speak so as to calm his temper "It is in sorrow, not pleasure, I behold you thus"

"I aled in the snare of the Evil One, Master Benteen But I continue h station"