like, that'll keep ye a' hale and hearty, I houp, till ye win hame
again."

The Factor took him back and gave him some salts, peppermint,
pain-killer, and sticking-plaster to offset all the ills that might
befall him and his party during the next ten months.

Once more they started for the house. The Factor was ready to put up
with anything as long as he could get them away from the store.
Oo-koo-hoo now told the trader not to charge anything against his wife
as he would settle her account himself, and that as Amik would be back
in the morning, he, too, would want his advances, and if they had
forgotten anything, Amik could get it next day.

The Factor scowled again, but it was too late.

While the Indians lounged around the kitchen and talked to the Factor's
wife and the half-breed servant girl, the Factor went to his office and
made out Oo-koo-hoo's bill, which read:

Fort Consolation 18 September 189-
Dr.
Advances to
Oo-koo-hoo and family
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX1111--164 M.B.
Hudson's Bay Company
per Donald Mackenzie, Factor

[Illustration: Oo-koo-hoo's bill.]