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The return of Sam and Kitty when the storm had spent itself, brought him no hope. They were alone, and Jean was not with them. The Indians were greatly distressed at the girl's absence, and shook their heads when Norman asked if they could find her. "Babby lost," Sam replied. "Beeg snow. Injun no find babby."
But she had confidence in her dusky friends, and believed that they would save her. "White man come, mebbe," the Indian replied. "No ketch Injun, no ketch babby. All gone." "Where shall we go?" "Way off," and Kitty waved her hand to the right. "Beeg wood, see?" "And you will take me there? But I want to go home." "A-ha-ha, go home dat way, bimeby," and she pointed westward.
Xavier interrupted him. "Tra la, Chrees'mas Day! Ain't we got de easy trail? Two days befor' Chrees'mas we com' on de cabin of Brown. Baptiste Chambre, she got de beeg jug rum. We mak' de grand dronk one day one night. Den we hit de trail an com' on de Clearwater Chrees'mas Day sam' lak' now. Tostoff, de Russ, she nevair know, Lapierre, she nevair know. Voil
Doret's expression changed; a fleeting sadness settled in his eyes. "I been dere," said he. "I ain't care much for seein' beeg city. I'm lonesome feller." After a moment he exclaimed, more brightly: "Now we go, I see if I can hire crew to row your boats." "How does she look to you?" Lucky Broad inquired, when Pierce and his companion appeared.
"Why, what's the matter with him?" Narcisse shrugged his shoulders. "Oh, some leet' troub'. You pass on de office you see de docteur." "Why, Haines is up at the hospital. We just saw him." "Hain!" said Narcisse, with scorn indescribable. "Dat's no docteur for one horse. Bah! De mans go seeck, seeck, he can noting. He know noting. He's get on beeg drunk! Non! Nodder docteur.
"What the deuce do you mean, Jerry?" he cried. "You nearly knocked the wind out of me!" "Beeg fool you!" grunted Jerry fiercely, dragging him back into the tunnel out of the light. "Let me go, Jerry!" cried Cameron in a rage, struggling to free himself from the grip of the wiry half-breed. "Mak' still!" hissed Jerry, laying his hand over Cameron's mouth. "Indian mad crazy tak' scalp sure queeck."
He had just begun to quarry a gigantic find; he had piles of specimens; he had packed and shipped some rare specimens of fossil plants, but his "beeg find" came later and he was jubilant. To dig fossils successfully requires great care and knowledge, but it is a work in which Gavotte excels. He is a splendid cook.
Send beeg feller along all right." The girl stood listening to Perault's dramatic tale, her face growing white. "Is father not hurt at all, then?" she asked. "Non. Hees tough ole man, dat boss," said Perault. Then he added lightly, "Oh! hees broke some small bone what you call? on de collar, dere. Dat noting 'tall." "Oh, Perault!" exclaimed the girl. "You're not telling me the truth.
He play beeg museeck for you and ze ladee last night. So?" "He did and took us off our feet. Tell him, will you?" "He no un'erstand," laughed Louis, "eef I tell him 'off de feet." "That's so no American idioms yet for him, eh? Well, say he made us very happy with his wonderful music. I'll wager that will get over to him."
And he went out into the day again a few moments later, leaving her alone in her great grief, for Jan was a man in the wild and mannerless ways of a savage world, and he knew not how to comfort in the fashion of that other world which had other conceptions and another understanding of what was to him the "honor of the Beeg Snows."
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