Lasell leaves . VVWWVWVVWV\\V\\\V\V\VV^V\!<?^^ MENTION THE LEAVES v^ A LEGEND OF THE STARS It was a feast time among the Indians. Inevery tribe there were peace and the warm, bright days and far intothe frosty moonlight nights of the beautifulIndian summer, the men of the tribe sataround their camp-fire, telling tales and feast-ing upon the abundant food which the busysquaws had prepared with greatest care. Hereand there among the wigwams ran the laugh-ing brown-bodied children, little girls bearingpapooses upon their backs, and boys, too youngto join the men, snatc
Lasell leaves . VVWWVWVVWV\\V\\\V\V\VV^V\!<?^^ MENTION THE LEAVES v^ A LEGEND OF THE STARS It was a feast time among the Indians. Inevery tribe there were peace and the warm, bright days and far intothe frosty moonlight nights of the beautifulIndian summer, the men of the tribe sataround their camp-fire, telling tales and feast-ing upon the abundant food which the busysquaws had prepared with greatest care. Hereand there among the wigwams ran the laugh-ing brown-bodied children, little girls bearingpapooses upon their backs, and boys, too youngto join the men, snatching such choice morselsas they could under the observant eyes of thescolding mothers. A song burst forth uponthe air, rising from the throats of the youngmen. It proclaimed the happiness and care-free spirit predominant everywhere. Thusthey bade farewell to warmth and summerand with a last rapturous fling, yielded to theon-coming days of darkness, cold and hunger. And now those days had come. No longerdid the tribe feast and sing. Snow lay thickupon the earth and the North Wi
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