25/25 You will ?" "Yes," said Gretchen--a consciousness of her true calling in life coming upon her, as in an open vision--"I will be their teacher." The old chief seemed satisfied, and said: "It is well; I am going away." Much of the chief's talk was acted. If he wished to speak of a star, he would point to it; and he would imitate a bird's call to designate a bird, and the gurgle of water when speaking of a running stream. He spoke Chinook freely, and to see him when he was speaking was to learn from his motions his meaning. |