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pense!’’ laughed the tailor, although he had been
scared enough a minute before.

“Oh, childer dear,” Mary gathered her little
flock around her as she always did for a last
word at night, a word to which Arthur and Jim
listened respectfully and Betty sleepily, ‘“childer
dear, we’re in the midst of great dangers, and
don’t you ever forget to say your prayers before
you sleep. For we surely need a Father’s care
in these terrible mountains, and He alone has
ways of keeping us out of danger.” With this
comforting thought she let them go.

So with the starlight shining on them
through the trees and their blankets and buffalo
robes wrapping them in warmth, all slept
calmly, unmindful of danger, all but the ap-
pointed watchmen who patrolled the camp to
keep the fires going and to drive away thieving
coyotes or wild Indian dogs.

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