Chapter 12
PARTNERS.“Well, I’ve been a ’hoodoo’ all my, life; and if I only lead
some one into luck now—good luck—oh, wouldn’t I learn a sun-dance,
and dance it!”
The world was two weeks older, and it was ’Tana who spoke; not
the troubled ’Tana who had crouched beside the paralytic and
cowered under her fear of Overton’s distrust, but a girl grown
lighter-hearted by the help of work to be done—work in which she
was for once to stand side by side with Overton himself, for his
decision about the prospecting had been in her favor. He had
“spoken up,” as she had asked him to do, and a curious
three-cornered partnership had been arranged the next day; a very
mysterious partnership, of which no word was told to any one. Only
’Tana suddenly decided that the schooling must wait a litt
