. Sketches in duneland . thout pomp or jewelled vesture, andif there be a Great Beyond, poor Wa-be-no-jemay reach it from the quicksand as safely as hewho becomes dust within marble walls. [36] A ROMANCE OF MT. TOM The early snows came and the nightly fires onWud-ju-na-gow still glowed. Only one guardiansat beside them, for Wa-be-no-jes people now be-lieved that he would never return. Hope stillabided in Tahetas loyal heart, and night afternight she climbed the shelving steeps and builther fire. One cold, stormy night she sat huddledin her blanket and listened to the north snow swirle
. Sketches in duneland . thout pomp or jewelled vesture, andif there be a Great Beyond, poor Wa-be-no-jemay reach it from the quicksand as safely as hewho becomes dust within marble walls. [36] A ROMANCE OF MT. TOM The early snows came and the nightly fires onWud-ju-na-gow still glowed. Only one guardiansat beside them, for Wa-be-no-jes people now be-lieved that he would never return. Hope stillabided in Tahetas loyal heart, and night afternight she climbed the shelving steeps and builther fire. One cold, stormy night she sat huddledin her blanket and listened to the north snow swirled around her and toward morn-ing the light was gone. The next day they foundthe rigid little form in the blanket and buried itbelow the ashes of her fire. Today the Fireweed, that ever haunts the burntplaces, lifts its slender stalk above the spot, andit may be that the soul of faithful Taheta lurksamong the tender pink blossoms — a halo thatmay be seen from the dark waters of the distantmarsh. [37] Ill THE HERONS POOL. THE HEROXS POOL {From the Authors Etching) Ill THE HERONS POOL THE pool was far back from the bigmarshes through which the lazy currentof the river wound. It was in one ofthose secluded nooks that the seeping water findsfor itself when it would hide in secret retreats andform a little world of its own. It was borderedby slushy grasses and small willows; its watersspread silently among the bulrushes, lily padsand thick brush tangles. A few ghostly syca-mores and poplars protruded above the under-growth, and the intricate network of wild grape-vines concealed broken stumps that were mantledwith moss. The placid pool was seldom ruffled,for the dense vegetation protected it from thewinds. Wandering clouds were mirrored in itslimpid depths. Water-snakes made silvery trailsacross it. Sinister shadows of hawks wings some-times swept by, and often the splash of a frog sentlittle rings out over the surface. Opalescentdragon-flies hovered among the weeds and smallturtle
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