. Wah-see-ola, the light of the tribes at the meeting waters. rials too. He certainly would have made an amiableand kind husband, and I respect him for his senti-ments which agree with mine. And as i look at him inhis declining years, he will soon be at an age when hewill no longer be able to care for the landscape garden-ing. I can hardly conceive what I will dp withouthim. If another must be put in his place, better it bedone while Joan is yet able to supervise the work,until a new man gets thoroughly acquainted with thework about the place. No doubt but that Joan willremain with us as long
. Wah-see-ola, the light of the tribes at the meeting waters. rials too. He certainly would have made an amiableand kind husband, and I respect him for his senti-ments which agree with mine. And as i look at him inhis declining years, he will soon be at an age when hewill no longer be able to care for the landscape garden-ing. I can hardly conceive what I will dp withouthim. If another must be put in his place, better it bedone while Joan is yet able to supervise the work,until a new man gets thoroughly acquainted with thework about the place. No doubt but that Joan willremain with us as long as we live. He may have ahome here as long as he likes. It surely would beso if Monsieur de Champeaux and Xavier were here,and it shall be so the while I live. Poor, lonely Joan!He has no one in life that is interested in him or to 18 -262- make life joyful more than to work, cat, sleep anddrink. He has given us his good faithful .service theselong years and it shall not be forgotten as long as Ilive and when I am gone he will be remembered, Illpromise -263- CHAPTER TWENTY Commander de Champeaux with his little partyof Algonquin friends followed Chief O-nos-o-wee-nasinstructions in their travel along around the lakewater. They watched the sun shadows to keep in aneasterly direction as nearly as possible. After a longtiresome journey of five moon times, for it was noeasy matter to make short cuts through pathlessprairies and clump bits of forest lands and keep in thedesired direction, they made their way through densethickets up and down hill after hill, to where theyreached a summit that overlooked a wide water on theeast and a margin valley bordering on the southwest,from where they could command a view quite a dis-tance over the beautiful water. They were now far from the Algonquin villagewhere Commander de Champeaux left Ma-le-wa-hadisheartened and inconsolable over the departure of thepale-face brave to whom she was so tenderly played the intercess
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