"I feel certain that you know as much about canoes as we." "And you know ?--a woman ?" Cosmopolitan as the Frenchman was, the independence and ability for doing of the Yankee women were a perpetual wonder to him.

"How ?" "When I was a very little girl, at Dyea, among the Indians.

But next spring, after the river breaks, we'll give you your first lessons, Mr.
St.Vincent and I.

So you see, you will return to civilization with accomplishments.

And you will surely love it." "Under such charming tutorship," he murmured, gallantly.