This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 Excerpt: ...at Livingston. She went all over him, praising his hands and his hair and his eyes; and she wanted him to take off his netcha, so that she could get his shoulders. I had to interpret for her, and I thought she'd be out of mischief if she were out of headquarters, so I promised Telekoteah a stick of wood if he would ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 Excerpt: ...at Livingston. She went all over him, praising his hands and his hair and his eyes; and she wanted him to take off his netcha, so that she could get his shoulders. I had to interpret for her, and I thought she'd be out of mischief if she were out of headquarters, so I promised Telekoteah a stick of wood if he would pose for her, and she got out her easel and went to work. That was all right for a while. But pretty soon Devoe said he had left his hammer down on the beach and went to fetch it. I saw him pushing the Husky around, and then I heard the whack a man's fist makes against another man's cheek, and there lay the Husky on the ground with Devoe standing over him. I ran down the beach and took hold of Devoe, and Telekoteah ran away. Mrs. Tremont was laughing so that she could hardly speak. "' It's all right, Mr. Parsons, ' she said, 'let him go. He was trying to get the Eskimo into the pose I wanted, and the man resisted.'" "Go on," I said, "I'm too much stunned now to be surprised at anything. What did Van do?" Billy's hand went to his whiskers. "I have never seen such a face on any man as his was," replied Billy. "It was white hot. But he didn't say anything before us. He beckoned Devoe to follow him away from the rest and talked to him, and the halfbreed went to pieces as if some one were slashing him with a dog-whip. By and by Van left him and walked over toward the Huskies, who were packing up their tents. When he came near them the women ran away and the men collected in a bunch and looked sullen. Van argued with them for an hour, and then came marching up the beach looking straight before him, and the Huskies went on with their packing. "Pretty soon I saw Mrs. Van walking quietly toward them. She ha...
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