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"'Does not the sweet Julie remember?' "I looked at him in astonishment, but could not see any familiar

likeness in his face"

"'Does little Julie reo? Wild men stole her away

froe of the robbers,

and smote theirl with skin like the peach, and lips like the rose in bud He

carried her to his home upon the banks of the Saskatchewan, and she

lived two years in his tent During the su

the flowers, or hooked gold-fish in the river She had a companion

as ever at her side, the chief's son, whom the people called

Little Poplar He loved the maiden, and when they took her away to

her hoht, and

vowed that he would leave no house or aht as he caht in vain for so many years He now stands before

the et your little

boy lover of the sunny Saskatchewan?' "Ah, my mistress, what could I say when it all came back so plain,

and told in his rich, deep,or no; but without speaking any word to ainst his breast And he kissed

ain, and stroked my hair; and whispered in my ear