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Julie kissed the forehead of her mistress, and then tripped away

daintily and softly as a fawn to do the bidding

Before ten raceful

figure, walked swiftly down the path toward the bush As he reached

the little grove, another figure eed from the shadow and said in

a low tone: "Tres bien!" This was Julie, and the Indian boy was Annette,

disguised so perfectly that her father could not have guessed the

truth were he standing by She wore a buff coat and deer skin

leggings; and about her waist was a belt in which were stuck a long

knife and a pair of pistols She patted her pony, took the bridle in

her little brown hand, and vaulted lightly into her seat "There now,

Julie; return quickly, and go to your room"

"Au plaisir, portez-vous bien, ma alloped down the

grassy knoll, and out upon the prairie

Although the plain was a great, dusky blur, this observant maiden

knew the route as accurately as if thethat his htly over the level sod, as if he were a thing woven