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to her parents and visited them, sitting very quietly and suspiciously. 

 "Say, my dear, what ails you? Has anybody mistreated you by word 

 or deed? Why are you so timid this evening?" said the mother seri- 

 ously. "Well, mother, you remember that one day I told you of my 

 strange feeling, and since then I met a young man, or rather a young 

 man entered my tipi at night and plainly told me of my condition. When 

 he came in to see me, he was a perfect human being, but said that he was 

 that white dog I had constantly driven away with saucy words. The 

 strange thing is that when I saw him again he was a real dog, and when 

 I was out after wood he came to me again, and I got mad and struck 

 him on his ear, Which made him run away," said she. "Well, dear, you 

 should have been wiser than that. When that dog had entered your tipi 

 at night you ought to have been kind and courteous, to see the result. 

 It was not a very good act. Possibly if you had waited patiently better 

 results would have been attained. He may have been a real man all the 

 time, but as it is you disgraced yourself," said the mother. During 

 the time the conversation continued, the daughter was taken sick. 

 "Oh, my dear daughter, be brave for the outcome," said the mother, 

 fixing up a place for her comfort the remainder of the night. The 

 little 'brother, young in mind and having a genial disposition, stayed 

 closely at home, extending sympathetic feelings for his sister's illness. 

 Of course he didn't know the trouble until later on. The family were 

 all together that night at the old folks' tipi. The next morning this 

 daughter's tipi was somewhat deserted, for she was at her parents' 

 in bed. "Oh, mother ! Come quickly and hold me ! Something is 

 going to drop from me ! Oh ! It hurts me, mother ! Come close to 

 me, mother!" said she, shivering from nervousness. So the mother 

 went to her and held her body securely. Finally there came out one 

 male puppy, which was real white, moving about under her robe. 

 Shortly afterwards there came out six males in succession, all of one 

 color. 



"Oh, my ! There are my grandchildren ! What a fine lot of chil- 

 dren they are ! Let us see ! One, two, three, four, five, six, seven of 

 them. They are very cute children," said the mother, smiling. "Oh, 

 pshaw ! Don't make such a big noise about the ugly things ! I don't 

 v/ant them for my children. Say, brother, take a bag or something 

 and put them all into it and then carry them to the river, You hear? 

 Throw the bag into a deep place, and drown them. Go and do it 

 quickly!" said the sister, taking her repose after the birth. So the 

 thoughtful little brother took a thin covering and placed all the pup- 

 pies in it. "Say, mother, these nephews of mine are very cute, aren't 



