"O tell us what they did, and what happened," shouted Sagastao.
"Not to-day," said the old man; "it is time you both were back at your lessons, and as I am going that way with some whitefish I will take you with me in my canoe."
"But is that all about the story of Waubenoo and the children?" said Minnehaha.
"Yes," said Souwanas, "until we come to the next. For a long time after Gray Wolf received the beating he kept away from them, although his heart was full of anger and revenge. Although he was a big fellow he feared to again threaten her who, although she seemed but an ordinary-sized Indian maiden, possessed the strength that had enabled her to give him such a thrashing."
[ CHAPTER XIV.]
The Pathetic Love Story of Waubenoo—The Treachery of Gray Wolf—The Legend of the Whisky Jack.
"It came about in this way," said Souwanas, "and it is such a sad story about beautiful Waubenoo."
"Will it make me cry?" said the tender-hearted Minnehaha. "If so, I do not think I want to hear it."
"Stay and hear it, you little pussy," said Sagastao. "I am sure it is not worse than the Babes in the Wood."
"Well, you always cry first, when we read that story together," said Minnehaha.