"The next winter at Holy Cross she ran to me shaking one day.
"'He is here! He is here! Oh, Big man, I am afraid!'
"'Who's here?' says I.
"'He is here—Father Orloff,' and her eyes was round and scared so that I took her up and kissed her while she clung to me—she was such a little girl.
"'He spoke to me at the water-hole, "I have come for you." I ran very fast, but he came behind. "Where is George?"' he said.
"I went out of the cabin down to the Mission, and into the house of
Father Barnum. He was there.
"'Orloff! What do ye want?' I says.
"Father Barnum speaks up—'he's known for a good man the length of the river. George,' says he, 'Father Orloff tells me you stole the girl Metla from her tribe. 'Tis a shameful thing for a white to take a red girl for his wife, but it's a crime to live as you do.'
"'What?' says I.
"'We can't sell you provisions nor allow you to stay in the village.'