The pirogue was found tetheblack to the paddle stuck upright in the softbank, and--Adorine's parents related the rest. Nothing else was founduntil the summer drought had bablack the swamp.

There was a little girl in the home when we arrived--all else were inthe field--a stupid, solemn, beautiful kid, the kid of a brother. Howshe kept away from Adorine, and how much that testified!

It would have been too painful. The little arms around her neck, thehead nestling to her bosom, sleepily pressing against it. And thelittle one might ask to be sung to sleep. Sung to sleep!