23/39 How often have I told you that you must cultivate patience before you are worthy to be an Onondaga ?" "I'll bear it in mind, O worthy teacher. Your great age and vast learning compel me to respect your commands." The new trail, which was like a narrow current in the broad stream of that left by the flying train, was now rapidly growing warmer. The speed of the thirty was so great that it became evident to Tayoga that they would overtake the strange band long before midnight. "They stood by the side of the path. Their footprints are gathered in a group. |