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When Annette parted from Captain Stephens and his coion of the prairie over which lay no

trail She approached her cottage with noiseless tread; but the quick

eyes of Julie saw her co, and she stole forth like a kitten

"Welcome mademoiselle;--is he safe?"

"Oui Julie He is now--they are now--in Fort Pitt"

"Bon, Bon! To-morrow all the warriors upon the plain and all the

Breeds arise; and your father leads thes as came

around our house since you went away ing chansons de guerre And, O

the Crees one chief, so tall, and so

noble-looking; and he will soently, and poised upon one dainty foot, till her

pretty hip curved outward; and she pecked at her little forefinger

with her rosy mouth as she made this pretty speech: "I think I like

the chief so much mademoiselle; I know he is brave, and I do not

think that he is altogether un sauvage"

"Oh! has my little Julie lost her heart? I hope your chief has left

a little for ood deal, but I love mademoiselle better than