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warn, by the door of which sat a very old In- 

 dian woman. 



*'Can you tell me," inquired Dick, '^ where 

 a little girl named Nani lives ? We have come 

 very far to find her." 



The old Indian woman smiled. 



*'I was angry," he added frankly, ^^and she 

 went away." 



^^Yes, I know," replied the Indian woman. 



^^Will she never come back?" he asked. ^^I 

 did wrong, but want to make it right. Tell me 

 where I can find her." 



The old woman's face, like unto creased cop- 

 per, softened at his words. Dotty May had 

 ceased her crying, and was pulling at the In- 

 dian's blanket; for she was not afraid of her 

 now, so fast did her face soften and the strange 

 wrinkles disappear. 



'* There is but one way to find Nani," an- 

 swered the Indian woman. 



**Tell me," cried Dick — ^*no way is too 

 hardl" 



'*The earth draws its life from the sun," 

 she said, ^^but Nani drew her life from 



