It was Waunangee."
"It was," said the ensign--"I know your knowledge of that
fact will change your feelings towards him."
"They are changed--even at this moment, and henceforth
I shall be to him as a sister. Ah! how ungrateful must
I have appeared to the poor fellow. I shall conquer this
silly weakness: I have misunderstood my own impressions,
and it must have been that I have mistaken the influence
Waunangee has had for that which is to be. Call him up
now, Ronayne, and I will cheerfully give him my hand,
and promise to love him as a brother in return for the
devotion he has evinced, not less for you than for my
poor father."
"Time enough, repentant sinner," returned the young
officer, at the same time casting his glance rapidly over
the group of Indians, who were amusing themselves at
various athletic games. "I can see nothing of him. Your
evident displeasure," he added playfully, "has destroyed
his peace, as indeed you might have known from that
plaintive ditty. However, dearest girl, I shall see him
soon, and make him promise to be present this evening at
the nuptials of his friend and sister.
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