20/31 "Why wasn't I born white like other girls? I've always dreamed and fancied I was different, and I am, in my soul--I know I am! The white is so strong in me that it has killed the red, and I'm one of father's people. I'm not like the other two; they are brown and silent, and as cold as little toads; but I'm white and full of life, all over. They never see the men and women that I see in my dreams. They never have my visions of the beautiful snow-white mother, with the tender mouth and the sad eyes that always smile at me." "You have visions of such things, eh ?" "Yes, but I came a generation late, that's all, and I've got that other woman's soul. |