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And so Frank had the joy of again meeting his Rachel , and Alec his sweet Winnie , and a delightful visit they had with them while Sam was having his bruised body well rubbed in sturgeon oil by a stalwart Indian . This is the Indian 's drastic remedy for such a mishap , and a good one it is . Very delightfully passed that long June evening . It was full eleven o'clock ere the gorgeous colours all died away in the west and the stars one by one came out in their quiet beauty and decked as with diamonds that peerless northern sky . After a time the auroras flashed and blazed in quiet beauty . To-night they seemed not as warriors bent on carnage , but as troops of lovers tripping in joyous unison to some sweet strains of music unheard by mortal ears . Amid such surroundings sat and talked this happy group .