10/11 "Hi yo big Injun, yo cahn paddle canoe ?" Quonab nodded. Annette, pring Tomas und Hendrik." So the father carried two-year-old Hendrik, while the Indian carried six-year-old Tomas, and twelve-year-old Annette followed in vague, uncomprehended alarm. Arrived at the shore the children were placed in the canoe, and then the difficulties came fully to the father's mind--he could not leave his wife. He must send the children with the messenger--In a sort of desperation, "Cahn you dem childen take to de house across de lake, and pring back Mrs.Callan? |