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"Oh, I had such a horrid drea her head upon

the bosoain in

spirit with her lover through the prairie flowers

They were astir early in the , and Annette, as was the habit

of the Metis women, had about her shoulders a blanket of Indian red

and Prussian blue [Footnote: It is customary for Metis women, even

the most coquettish and pretty of them, to wear blankets; and the

hideous "fashion" is the chief barbaric trait which they inherit from

their wild ancestry Annette, of course, donned the robe under a

one abroad upon the

prairie in the , and with his pistol shot a pair of chickens

These he handed to Annette as he returned, saying, "Hereher a

tiger lily, moist with dew "Now, in ay can I assist the Cree

boy who has twice saved my life?" and he looked wistfully into the

eyes of the brown rass, petite and an to pluck and prepare

the chickens which Stephens had given her The sun burned through the

cobalt blue of the prairie sky, and there was not anywhere in the

great, blue dome an atom of cloud The sun and the rays from the fire