"Tayenathonto!" he cried, "dear old fellow, who would have thought of you finding me!"
The Indian quietly replied:
"Tayenathonto no find; come like water-fall; couldn't help his self."
A very few minutes sufficed to put both on the surface again, where Allan was received "like one come from the dead," and closely folded in his father's arms. Oh, the joy of that embrace! The past grief and suffering were forgotten in the bliss of that moment.
The Indian had to return with the happy father and son to their home, where he was hailed as Allan's rescuer, and enjoyed to the full a share of the festivities.
In after years Allan married Esther Inman, and now, by the fireside in winter, he tells his grandchildren of his escape from the wolves, and the little ones never tire of petting their faithful old Tayenathonto.
There was an old person of Crewd,