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"Ho!" replied the Indian, with a nod and a smile, as he laid aside his gun and snowshoes, and squatted himself down before the fire. There was not much to be gathered from "ho!" but the nod and smile proved to Nelly that the intruder was indeed none other than her old friend Wapaw.
In a few seconds Wapaw stepped into the circle of light where Robin and his party were all assembled, and so rapid and noiseless had his movement been, that he was in the midst of them almost before they were aware of his approach. "Wapaw!" exclaimed Walter in surprise, "why, you seem to have dropped from the clouds." "Sure it's a ghost ye must be," cried Larry.
With this acceptable, though small, addition to their slender stock of provisions, they left the hut about noon, and commenced their journey, making a considerable detour in order to avoid meeting with any of the Indians who might chance to have continued the pursuit of Wapaw.
The Indian took no notice of these remarks, but turned to Robin, who, with a look of deep anxiety, said "Have 'ee seed the childer, Wapaw?" "They are safe," answered the Indian. "Thank God for that!" cried Robin, while a sigh of relief burst from him: "I believe ye, Wapaw, yer a true man an' wouldn't tell me a lie, would ye?"
Roy tried to raise his bow, but his heart failed him. Wapaw glanced at him, and said sternly "Shoot first." At that moment Obadiah Stiff stepped into the encampment, and, stirring the embers of the fire with a piece of stick, caused a bright flame and showers of sparks to shoot upwards. This revealed the fact that some of the party were white men, so Wapaw lowered his rifle.
The lad set off at once, and, as the glen was not far distant, soon returned with a flat wooden sledge, six feet long by eighteen inches broad, on which trappers are wont to pack their game in winter. On this sledge Wapaw was firmly tied, and dragged by the hunters to Fort Enterprise.
For some time his father would not drop him, though I told him he was quite dead; but his weight kept him from runnin' fast, an' we heard the redskins gainin' on us, so at last Macdonell put the boy down tenderly under a bush. Me and Wapaw stopped to fire an' keep the reptiles back, but they fired on us, and Wapaw fell. I tried to lift him, but he struggled out o' my arms.
"And see that you look after Wapaw," continued Robin. "Don't give him too much at first, it'll hurt him." "No fear of that," replied Larry, "he's got so much a'ready that he couldn't howld another morsel av he was to try." "Well, well, take care of him, anyhow," said Robin, with a laugh; "meanwhile I'll go see after the defences o' the Fort, and make all snug."
"Good luck to ye!" cried Roy, grasping it and shaking it with a feeling of hearty hospitality. "It's good to see yer face, though it is a strange un; but hallo! I say yer face ain't so strange, after all! what! Why, you're not Wap Wap Wapaw!" The Indian displayed all his teeth, which were very numerous and remarkably white, and nodded his head gently.
Having washed the wounds, which were chiefly on the head and appeared to her to be very severe, although, in reality, they were not so, she set the roasted bird before him and desired him to eat. Of course she had put a great many questions to Wapaw while thus occupied.
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