All the half-breeds and quarter-breeds and any-fractional breeds there believed that he meant to marry Tannis . There would have been nothing surprising to them in that . They did not know that Carey 's second cousin was a baronet , and they would not have understood that it need make any difference , if they had . They thought that rich old Auguste 's heiress , who had been to school for four years in Prince Albert , was a catch for anybody . Old Auguste himself shrugged his shoulders over it and was well-pleased enough . An Englishman was a prize by way of a husband for a half-breed girl , even if he were only a telegraph operator . Young Paul Dumont worshipped Carey , and the half-Scotch mother , who might have understood , was dead . In all the Flats there were but two people who disapproved of the match they thought an assured thing . One of these was the little priest , Father Gabriel . He liked Tannis , and he liked Carey ; but he shook his head dubiously when he heard the gossip of the shacks and teepees . Religions might mingle , but the different bloods -- ah , it was not the right thing ! Tannis was a good girl , and a beautiful one ; but she was no fit mate for the fair , thorough-bred Englishman . Father Gabriel wished fervently that Jerome Carey might soon be transferred elsewhere . He even went to Prince Albert and did a little wire-pulling on his own account , but nothing came of it . He was on the wrong side of politics . The other malcontent was Lazarre M&eacute;rim&eacute;e , a lazy , besotted French half-breed , who was , after his fashion , in love with Tannis . He could never have got her , and he knew it -- old Auguste and young Paul would have incontinently riddled him with bullets had he ventured near the house as a suitor , -- but he hated Carey none the less , and watched for a chance to do him an ill-turn . There is no worse enemy in all the world than a half-breed . Your true Indian is bad enough , but his diluted descendant is ten times worse . As for Tannis , she loved Carey with all her heart , and that was all there was about it .
If Elinor Blair had never gone to Prince Albert there is no knowing what might have happened , XXXXX all .
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