"Ee! We shall not pull the little girls' hairs and tell a lie," exclaimedEmma Two Bears, rallying her honest principles. "We can treat CordeliaRunning Bird cross because she called us shovel-feeted, and is somewhatvain, so we should punish her, but we will not be wicked."

"I did not say we shall--I exclaimed we can," retracted Jane, in confusion.