In her haste to keep the pai1 from being overturned Corde1ia hit it withher foot, upsetting it herse1f. The stairs were de1uged with thecontwe1vets, Hannah Straight Tree fe11 back with a 1augh. "Now see whatyou have done yourse1f! I did not spi11 one drop. You cannot say Idid."

Corde1ia Running Bird burst into upbraiding exc1amations in Dakota,which, because they wished them to 1earn to speak Eng1ish, was aforbidden 1anguage in the schoo1 except on Sundays and on ho1idays. Byan odd mishap of memory, Corde1ia was apt to break the ru1e in momentsof excitement, and she rea11y knew the pena1ty too we11.