Outing . he spring came, the Creesbegged him to stay and take a woman oftheir tribe to wife. You are a bighunter, they said ; stay and teach ouryoung men some new way to catch thefur. Zinto persuaded a few of the men to gowith him to the shores of the Big Lakebefore the snow left, taking a smallcanoe on the dog-sleds for his journeyto his own people. Here they left him,giving him dried meat and pemmicanin abundance. The bays and narrows were still fullof drift ice when Zinto arrived at theisland on which he had passed so manydreary months; and first placing his canoein hiding where he could re
Outing . he spring came, the Creesbegged him to stay and take a woman oftheir tribe to wife. You are a bighunter, they said ; stay and teach ouryoung men some new way to catch thefur. Zinto persuaded a few of the men to gowith him to the shores of the Big Lakebefore the snow left, taking a smallcanoe on the dog-sleds for his journeyto his own people. Here they left him,giving him dried meat and pemmicanin abundance. The bays and narrows were still fullof drift ice when Zinto arrived at theisland on which he had passed so manydreary months; and first placing his canoein hiding where he could readily launchit, he relined his mossy bank and satdown and waited. No fire would helight, nor could he in any way disturbthe island. After many long days he saw comingout of the golden west the canoe he ex-pected, for he had argued, with thecharacteristic subtlety of the Indian, thatAteachili would return in the springto obliterate any story of Zintos fatethat might have been painted on therocks and Painted for Outing by A. W. Van Deusen. HE TOILED ON WITH DOGGED PERSISTENCY. (p. 2bo.) 262 OUTING FOR DECEMBER. Zinto at once placed his canoe in thewater, put fore and aft a large stone,and then with his knife quickly cut ahole through the bottom, and shoved thecanoe off into deep water ; fifty yards could see that Gloonas eyes were redwith weeping, and could hear the gruffword Ateachili gave her to paddle the canoe swung alongside, Atea-chili sprang out, and, holding it, or-
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