12/42 Also he bears less upon the heel. He poises himself more upon the toe, like the great swordsman we saw him to be that time in Quebec." "The distinctions are too fine for me, Tayoga, but I don't question your own powers of observation. I accept your statement with gratitude and joy, too, because now we know that Dave is alive, and somewhere in the great northern forest of the Province of New York. I knew he could not be dead, but it's a relief anyhow to have the proof. But as I see no other traces, how is it, do you think, that he happens to be alone ?" "The Great Bear may have been making a little scout by himself. |