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"I don't agree with you," replied Helen, quickly "I don't have to be an Indian to be true to myself"

"Why, yes you do," said Dale

"But I couldn't be an Indian," declared Helen, spiritedly "I couldn't FEEL only, as you say Bo did I couldn't go back in the scale, as you hint What would all oodness knows it's little enough--if I had no control over pris that happened to be born in me?"

"You'll have little or no control over theht time comes," replied Dale "Your sheltered life an' education have led you away from natural instincts But they're in you an' you'll learn the proof of that out here"

"No Not if I lived a hundred years in the West," asserted Helen

"But, child, do you knohat you're talkin' about?"

Here Bo let out a blissful peal of laughter

"Mr Dale!" exclaimed Helen, almost affronted She was stirred "I know MYSELF, at least"

"But you do not You've no idea of yourself You've education, yes, but not in nature an' life An' after all, they are the real things Answer me, now--honestly, will you?"

"Certainly, if I can Some of your questions are hard to answer"

"Have you ever been starved?" he asked

"No," replied Helen