5/19 It is only when they visit some of the ports, or the Red river settlement, that they obtain it. Or perhaps a trader may come this way, and bring it with him." "And could not Teddy have obtained his of such a man ?" "There has been none here since last autumn, and then those who visited the village had no liquor with them. They always come to the village first so that I could not avoid learning of their presence. I will be back sooner to-day, and we shall probe this matter to the bottom. Good-by!" Again he embraced his wife, and then strode rapidly across the Clearing in the direction of the woods. |