i6o WITH GUN AND GUIDE 



see her put off in the canoe, to watch her as she sped 

 to the far side of the lake, and to listen with much 

 anxiety until the welcome morning call of the loon was 

 heard and he saw her waving the paddle of her canoe. 

 Then his heart was glad, because he knew that all was 

 well ! She, in turn, told him of her long, long period 

 of anxiety and restless anticipation and of what she 

 had done and planned for their meeting. They had not 

 half finished their conversation when the shadows of 

 night surrounded them and again bade them separate 

 she to her island home and he to his bed of green 

 boughs on the top of Bald Mountain. But before part- 

 ing they agreed to meet again at the same place and at 

 the same hour on the following day. 



At about eleven o'clock on the next day three canoes 

 stopped at the rocky island ; in them were six Maliset 

 Indians from the home settlement. They were on 

 their way to hunt and fish on the Nipisquit waters. 

 One of them Lonnie Kasota was a young brave who 

 had attempted more than once to pay attentions to 

 Anita, but, her father always frowning upon his ad- 

 vances, he had not made much headway. Lonnie 

 Kasota, however, had not forgotten Anita's charms, 

 and now that he once more beheld her, he was seized 

 with such a violent liking for the girl that he could not 

 take his eyes away from her. After the noonday meal, 

 her father, noticing his ardent glances, took Anita 

 aside and warned her against giving any encourage- 



