And there is alway'-- " he gestured profoundly--"the future.

He is like a woman, the future," he added, with a little smile.

"He always look good when he is in the far away." The enthusiasm of the trapper found a faint echo in Houston's heart.
"I'm not whipped yet, Ba'tiste.

But I'm near it.

I've had some pretty hard knocks." "Ah, _oui_! But so have Ba'teese!" The shadows were falling, and the old French-Canadian walked to the window.