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Updated: June 26, 2025
The next day, the 19th, they made but a short journey, and experienced great fatigue in fording streams and cutting their way through cane-brakes. They came across a few deserted cabins of the Indians. During the slow progress of the day, their skilful Indian hunter Nika killed eight buffaloes. The most tender cuts were taken from them, and they there crossed the river by a ford.
The fairest praise, however, was from a burly man, who merely held out his hand and muttered, “Good!” But this was from Leonidas. Very late a runner crowned with pink oleanders panted up to the Athenian watch by Mount Icarus at the custom-house on the Megarian frontier. “Nika!—He conquers.” The man fell breathless; but in a moment a clear beacon blazed upon the height.
So she sang quite freely and let her whole, full voice flow out. Agnes became more eager all the time, and it really sounded as if a whole chorus were singing in the room. At last the mother stood still, and Nika, lifting her head from her work, listened, too. When the song was done, Agnes clapped her hands and said: "Oh, Cornelli, your voice is as clear as a bell!
The American girl could see that in spirit old Katja and Nika were the devoted slaves of the younger woman. Sonya was not at first conscious of the seriousness of her illness. She wore a dressing gown of some rough homespun, a curious shade of Russian blue, the color of her own eyes.
"Nika is in her fourteenth year. Her education is, of course, still incomplete in many ways," replied the lady. "Dino is twelve and Agnes eleven years old. The latter must first of all complete her compulsory school years." "Still rather young people," said Mr. Schaller, shaking his head. "I am sure of one thing, however.
When you are hoarse and Dino is in bed, our singing is frightful. Nika only squeaks like a little chicken with a sore throat." "Well, then one has to stop singing," said Nika, shaking her shoulders a little proudly. "No, the whole household has to sing, otherwise it is not worth anything," Agnes declared. "It is a shame that the most beautiful thing in the world should be so little practiced."
Then she said good-night cordially and wished Cornelli a good rest. Nika and Agnes quickly said good-night, too, and then Cornelli was alone in her room. She had no desire to open the door, for her shyness had only increased since her arrival. How high the two stood above her! Cornelli was not a bit sleepy and kept on thinking of all the things that had happened to her that day.
The elder sister warned Agnes that the Director might have to repent of his kindness to them if their lengthy stay began with such violent noise. One could see, though, that Nika was willing enough to join the others in their antics. "The day on which you came to our house, Cornelli," she said, "has really been more blessed than any other day in the year.
She grew more eager all the time in this occupation, and if Mux would suddenly want to play with soldiers, Cornelli would say: "You can easily play that alone. Let me read this and later I'll tell you all about it." So she had soon finished reading the whole big book. Cornelli had so far scarcely become acquainted with the two girls, and Nika had rarely spoken to her.
They came to attack the French in their camp, but withdrew, daunted by the menacing voice of La Salle, who had heard them approaching through the cane-brake. La Salle's favorite Shawanoe hunter, Nika, who had followed him from Canada to France, and from France to Texas, was bitten by a rattlesnake; and, though he recovered, the accident detained the party for several days.
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