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As Little Stubbs, George Blazer, Fred Taylor, and David Garnet were of the same opinion, and Hendrick had no objection, except that Trueheart, Goodred, and Oscar would be very sorry to part with them, and the family baby would be inconsolable, it was decided that a start should be made without delay.
I never did understand how mothers could let nurses put their babies to bed. I just love to hold them and squeeze them /tight!/ She pressed her arms close to her bosom and, bending, kissed the hollow which they made; then looked up again. "Would you mind if I took this little Trueheart baby? Hedwig and I could take care of it and "
We might, if time and space permitted, tell how they all went fishing in the lake with Oliver's cod-hooks, which were, of course, greatly superior to the bone-hooks which Hendrick had been accustomed to manufacture; how they went salmon-spearing by torchlight in a neighbouring stream, in which operation Oliver soon became as expert as his entertainers, and even more enthusiastic, insomuch that he several times met what seemed to be his ordinary fate a ducking in the water; how, in consequence, he caught a bad cold, as well as fish, and was compelled to lie up and be nursed for several days, during which time of forced inaction he learned to appreciate the excellent nursing qualities of Trueheart and her daughter Goodred.
His name was Trueheart." "And what was Prince Trueheart like?" I inquired. "Fine!" broke in the Imp. "He used to fight dragons, you know." "And he lived in a palace of crystal," continued Dorothy, "and he was so good and kind that the birds used to make friends with him!" "An' he wore gold armour, an' a big feather in his helmet!" supplemented the Imp.
So our braves went to the kinsmen of Rising Sun, and we returned and attacked the palefaces." "Did you slay all the palefaces?" asked Hendrick anxiously. "No, some we slew, others we took prisoners." Hendrick thought it best to reserve in the meantime his communication of all this to Paul and his friends. "I am your kinsman also," he said to the chief, "for Trueheart is my wife.
Miss Gibbie leaned back in her chair; her eyes closed in hopeless resignation, and her hands fell limp in her lap. "Wants to adopt a baby! Trueheart baby mother dead of consumption and father death-proof an alcohol inoculate! What sense the Lord saw fit to give you, Mary, He seems at times to take away. I thought time would help you, but you're still a child still a child."
He came in a canoe just as the family on the Island were about to sit down to supper. It was dark when his tall figure was seen to stalk out of the surrounding gloom into the circle of firelight. Trueheart recognised him at once, and a word from her sufficed to inform her husband that the stranger was a friend. He was welcomed of course cordially, and made to sit down in the place of honour.
So saying, he turned and nodded to Trueheart who of course understood the conversation. With a slight inclination of the head denoting acquiescence she began to sing. At the same moment Goodred parted her pretty lips and joined her.
"Yes, my eldest. His younger brother is but a babe yet. These, with my daughter Goodred, and my wife Trueheart, who are now approaching, constitute the family which God has given to me."
"But Trueheart is not a gentle savage," returned Paul, scarcely able to repress a smile at the tone in which his friend uttered his sentiments; "she is a gentle woman." "Of course, I know that" rejoined Hendrick; "moreover she is a half-caste!