!

Joe Blunt likewise sat by the fire along with him,

ruminating too, and smoking besides. Henri also sat

there smoking, and looking a little the worse of his

late supper.

"I don't like the look o' things," said Joe, blowing

a whiff of smoke slowly from his lips, and watching it

as it ascended into the still air. "That blackguard

Mahtawa is determined not to let us off till he gits all

our goods; an' if he gits them, he may as well take our