The talking leaves - an Indian story (1882) (14782863572)

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Title: The talking leaves : an Indian story
Year: 1882 (1880s)
Authors: Stoddard, William Osborn, 1835-1925
Subjects: Indians of North America Children Conduct of life Friendship Hunting Outdoor life Fathers and daughters Reading Apache Indians
Publisher: New York : Harper & Brothers
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant



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kill you if you tellthem. I will keep your secret, seiior. I have kept it now. She had dimly recognized him, then, and she, too, hadbeen in doubt what to do or say. In answer to a few morequestions she told him very truly that she had been betteroff among the Apaches than before she was captured. Lesshard work, better treatment, better food, better position, justabout as much real civilization. Poor Dolores had never known much about that or any-thing better than the hard lot of a Mexican woman of thelower class among the rough miners. It was better, shesaid, to be the wife of a chief and have plenty to eat, andlittle hard work to do. But about Rita 2 If you had your mine now, and your great droves ofhorses V What could I do? aDo, Senor Murray? Why, you could buy half theyoung squaws in the village, if you had husbands for them.But you are poor now. I suppose it cannot be done. It was no wonder he had not thought of it before. Itwas so strange a thing to propose. That a father should
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SHE DROPPED HER STEW-PAN AND STOOD LOOKING AT HIM. The Talking Leaves. 303 buy his own daughter! He turned from her and strodeback to his own lodge, to hear what Steve would say. Hesa mere boy, but sometimes he seems to have a great deal ofsense. Steves remark, after he had heard about Dolores and heridea, was simply, Thats nothing new, is it ? If we cant run away withher, we can ransom her. Ransom ? Well, now, thats a great deal better wordthan buy. But our gold coin wont do. They wont takethe whole pile for her. They dont really understand thevalue of it. They want ponies, and blankets, and all that ? Thats it. Why, Steve, its the queerest thing. Im soexcited I cant think. If we can make a bargain with themtheyll be glad enough to go with us to the nearest trading-post. We can buy all we want when we get there. Youvehelped me out of my scrape. Seems to me it was easy enough to think of that. It may have been, but Murray felt very grateful to Steve.The latter now put down his magazin