and ran in other channels far into the
night.

By Pontiac's order, suitable accommodations had been provided for Edith
in the farmhouse adjoining that occupied by her father, and, at her
request, Ah-mo shared them with her at night. During the day the
latter was much with her own father, acting as his secretary and
adviser, for which position no one of Indian blood was so well fitted
as she.

Pontiac was too able a man not to realize the value of an education
beyond that afforded by the forest, and had long ago selected Ah-mo,
the cleverest of all his children, as the one who should receive its
benefits. So she had spent six years in Montreal, studying diligently,
learning easily, and in all ways preparing herself for the very place
she now occupied. She had been courted, petted, and made much of by
the gay society of the Canadian capital; but never did she forget her
loyalty to her own people. Thus, when, on the eve of his great
undertaking, her father sent for her, she unhesitatingly relinquished
the allurements of civilization for a place in his wilderness lodge and
by his side.

From him she was now learning the greatest of all arts, that of knowing
when to keep silence and when to speak. Thus, fond as she had become
of Edith Hester, she wisely kept many things from her; among others, by
Pontiac's desire, the fact that her brother Donald and Paymaster Bullen
had been captured, an event that occurred some two weeks after Edith
herself was brought from the island. Nor were the major and his
daughter allowed to know what took place in the Ottawa village, which
had been removed a full mile from the carefully guarded quarters
assigned to them, and to which, for their own safety, they were closely
confined.

Ah-mo's influence over her father was regarded unfavorably by some of
the chiefs, and especially by Mahng, the Ojibwa, who, having sought her
in marriage for his son Suggema, and being met with a prompt refusal,
had conceived an intense dislike for her. This was inflamed by her
friendship for the daughter of Major Hester, whom Mahng regarded as the
chief of his enemies. Therefore, in all his plans for revenge upon
those who he was determined should feel the weight of his wrath, Ah-mo
was included; and he impatiently awaited a fitting time for the
carrying out of his evil designs. When, therefore, near the close of a
certain day, Pontiac bade the Ojibwas hold themselves in readiness to
repel an attack, w