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We left Annette and her little co the banks of

the Saskatchewan bound for Pitt They dare not coh ground overlooking

the Fort, and would be sure to e Indian boys

"My plan is this Julie," Annette said "We shall carows dark, we can coarrison"

"Oui Made

the river half an hour after sun-set He said he would be there, in

case that we should in any way need his assistance"

"Bon, ma Julie It seems to me that your fine chef may be of some

use to us before these troubles end"

Then the two dis their horses set at work to

pitch their tent Annette had brought a tent, strapped to her saddle,

from her aunt's; and the teet maidens opened out the folds, set

up the white cotton in a cleared plot, in the centre of a copse of

white oak, where it was securely screened fro eyes Julie

took fro, which was to serve the

two for a coverlet; and going forth a short way the four little brown

hands busied the soft branches from the trees

"There," Annette said, as she put down her armful in the tent; "that

will make a pillow as cosy as a sack of mallard's down Now, Julie,

we shall eat, then sleep till the afternoon; for I suspect that there

will be little rest for us while the sun is below the prairie"