The new world fairy book . WISHES 9 When he got to the top of the mountain opposite heturned his toboggan round and coasted back as he hadcome. And when the Chief saw him coming near andstanding up on his toboggan, he lost his temper and letfly an arrow straight at the young mans heart; but thearrow stuck in Goose-caps bead, and the Algonquin leftit sticking there and took no notice. Only when hegot to the top he said to the Chief, Now its your turn,and put him on the toboggan and sent him spinningdown into the valley. And whether the Chief evercame up again I dont know ; but at any rate his d
The new world fairy book . WISHES 9 When he got to the top of the mountain opposite heturned his toboggan round and coasted back as he hadcome. And when the Chief saw him coming near andstanding up on his toboggan, he lost his temper and letfly an arrow straight at the young mans heart; but thearrow stuck in Goose-caps bead, and the Algonquin leftit sticking there and took no notice. Only when hegot to the top he said to the Chief, Now its your turn,and put him on the toboggan and sent him spinningdown into the valley. And whether the Chief evercame up again I dont know ; but at any rate his daughtermarried the Algonquin without any more fuss, and wenthome with him and became my great-great-many-great-grandmother. Thats fine, said Rennie ; but where did Goose-capgo Oh, Mho Some say he went to England,and thats how they learnt to make books and steam-boats and things like that; but they cant make snow-shoes and crosse sticks as well as the poor Indians atMuskoma—can they, little pale-face .? mi^3. I WISH I didnt have to doany school, said Rennie, withhis hands in his pockets, saun-tering sulkily down to the river side. Some of the snowshoe-makers looked sorry for him,but only those who couldnt understand English, becausethey thought Rennies glum face meant something thematter with his little inside. Ossawippi was not at all pleased. You ought tobe glad, said he, with a beautiful white lady teacherlike that. The beautiful white lady was Rennies ownmother. She was the only teacher he had, exceptwhen his father gave him a lesson, which he didnt likehalf so much, because then mistakes had serious con-sequences. I nearly went to a beautiful white ladysschool myself, Ossawippi went on, and I wish I had. Where did she live ? said Rennie. THE TEN LITTLE INDIANS 11 Up there, said the Chief, waving his hand to theNorth Pole ; three days snowshoeing from here, onthe Musquash River. Was she very, very beautifuL? She must have been, because she was so good,said Oss
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