'Tis their l'arning, and what is better,
it is got in the open air, and not within the walls of a school. I
tell you, captain, that what he says is true."
"For that matter," said Paul, "I'm ready to swear to it. It is
reasonable, and therefore it must be true."
"And well you might, lad; well you might. He furthermore declares,
that my old eyes for once were true to me, and that the river lies,
hereaway, at about the distance of half a league. You see the fire has
done most of its work in that quarter, and our path is clouded in
smoke. He also agrees that it is needful to wash our trail in water.
Yes, we must put that river atween us and the Sioux eyes, and then, by
the favour of the Lord, not forgetting our own industry, we may gain
the village of the Loups."
"Words will not forward us a foot," said Middleton; "let us move."
The old man assented, and the party once more prepared to renew its
route. The Pawnee threw the skin of the buffaloe over his shoulder and
led the advance, casting many a stolen glance behind him as he
proceeded, in order to fix his gaze on the extraordinary and, to him,
unaccountable loveliness of the unconscious Inez.
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