within the power of human vision; but she rather manifested the
quality of impatience, than any feeling of alarm.

A short bark from the dog, however, soon gave a new direction to the
looks of both, and then the real object of his second warning became
dimly visible.



CHAPTER III

Come, come, thou art as hot a Jack in thy mood, as any in Italy;
and as soon mov'd to be moody, and as soon moody to be moved.
--Romeo and Juliet.

Though the trapper manifested some surprise when he perceived that
another human figure was approaching him, and that, too, from a
direction opposite to the place where the emigrant had made his
encampment, it was with the steadiness of one long accustomed to
scenes of danger.

"This is a man," he said; "and one who has white blood in his veins,
or his step would be lighter. It will be well to be ready for the
worst, as the half-and-halfs,[*] that one meets, in these distant
districts, are altogether more barbarous than the real savage."

[*] Half-breeds; men born of Indian women by white fathers. This race
has much of the depravity of civilisation without the virtues of
the savage.