"Is the valley so beautiful as you say?" asked Mrs. Dickson.
"Much more so. It is simply a terrestrial paradise. If you were to hunt for months you would never find a more agreeable or advantageous position. Everything is to be found in abundance, wood, water, pasture, and above all, game."
"If Joshua would only settle."
"A good deal depends on you."
"I have not the influence you suppose over my husband. You know his vagabond humour."
"He will remain here if you wish him to."
"I hope you are right," replied the wife, with a sigh.
"Chut! Here he comes. Attention, this is the decisive moment," whispered Samuel, as Joshua came up.
"Holloa!" he cried, "I have come from the valley."
"Did you find the deerskin I left behind?"