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Wau-bun

CHAPTER XXVII
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Day-kau-ray was too well known and too universally respected to suffer opprobrium in any member of his family.

This bright, loving creature in particular, won all hearts upon a first acquaintance--she certainly did ours, from the outset.
She suffered much from rheumatism, and a remedy we gave her soon afforded her almost entire relief.

Her gratitude knew no bounds.
Notwithstanding that from long suffering she had become partially crippled, she would walk all the way from the Barribault, a distance of ten miles, as often as once in two or three weeks, to visit us.

Then, to sit and gaze at us, to laugh with childish glee at everything new or strange that we employed ourselves about--to pat and stroke us every time we came near her--sometimes to raise our hand or arm and kiss it--these were her demonstrations of affection.

And we loved her in return.


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