He spoke of Indian words and how the Indians had chosen their words.
"Klosch nonnitsh, look out, means you must not tell anybody; it is a secret. Tum-tum, heart. Klosch mika tum-tum, my heart speaks to yours."
He turned to me and said in Chinook:
"I am trying to make him understand the value of words and feel their meaning as indicated in their sound."
He gave George some money and told him to treat his little friends, saying that he had found that it brought him much more pleasure to give than to receive, and that one of the expressions of the eyes that he liked more than anything else was gratitude and love.
"I have seen gratitude and love in a dog's eyes almost as strong as in a human being's."
Little George asked:
"How about a cat's?"
"Cats have secret eyes. They are eyes of mystery; eyes that defy you to read them. They are wonderfully beautiful, and there is a jewel that looks like them and is called cat's-eye.