which at last brought forth an ir- 

 ritated rebuke from Whiteleg, to 

 which she replied good naturedly 



" I am sorry I am not a good 

 cook, and I certainly did have better 

 luck when I first started, but what 

 do you expect from a girl brought 

 up at a Government school? They 

 don't teach them to be good squaws. 

 They teach them things like this,'* 

 and she repeated " Curfew Shall Not 

 Ring To-night," which Whiteleg did 

 not understand, and which bored him 

 exceedingly. 



After that Arabella Horsetail often 

 recited verses she had learned at 

 school, and went about in a mooney 

 sort of way, failing utterly to see the 

 many little things she might have 

 done to assist the wigwam economies. 



By Saturday night Wah-pu-ta had 

 naturally slipped into her old position 

 as cook, and Whiteleg, as of yore, 

 had to fetch and carry, for Manita 

 was never available at the right 

 time, or if she were did the task very 

 badly; not from ill-will, she always 

 assented cheerfully, but her mind 

 was so occupied with gazing at 

 the stars, reciting verses, and book- 



