You answer my
questions straight or there'll be trouble for both of you Navajoes."
Fred was certain there was a sharp gleam in the eyes of the Indian but he
did not respond to the suggestion of the guide. Quietly seating himself he
faced them both and evidently was waiting for Zeke to begin his cross
examination.
"Thomas Jefferson," said Zeke sternly, "weren't you sent east to be
educated in the schools?"
"Yes," replied the Indian simply.
"And weren't all your expenses paid?"
"Yes."
"Didn't they treat you white?"
"They thought they did."
"Don't you _know_ they did? They paid all your traveling expenses. They
paid for your board and your clothes. There wasn't anything that cost you
a cent. What do you mean then by saying 'they thought they did'?"
"It was hard for me when I come back to the Navajo people. They laugh at
my clothes. They think what I have learned is no good and pretty soon I
am ready to give up all I have learned so that the Navajo shan't laugh at
me some more."
"That isn't it, Thomas Jefferson," said Zeke tartly. "You're expected to
come back to your tribe and show them how to live.
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