I may go into the Havesupai country for
two months, after you go East, and put Washington off until late
spring."
"Don't fear that I shall disturb you, when you come, dear." Enoch
looked at Diana with troubled eyes.
She looked at him, but said nothing, and again there was silence.
Enoch emptied his pipe and put it in his pocket.
"After you have finished this work for the President, then what, Diana?"
She shook her head. "There is plenty of time to plan for that. If I
go into the angle of the children's games and their possible relations
to religious ceremonies, there's no telling when I shall wind up! Then
there are their superstitions that careful study might separate clearly
from their true spiritism. The great danger in work like mine is that
it is apt to grow academic. In the pursuit of dry ethnological facts
one forgets the artistry needed to preserve it and present it to the
world."
"Whew!" sighed Enoch. "I'm afraid you're a fearful highbrow, Diana!
Hello, Jonas, what can I do for you?"
"We all are going down the desert a piece with Wee-tah. They's a charm
down there he knows about. They think we'll be gone about an hour.
But don't worry about us."
"Don't let the ghosts get you, old man,", said Enoch.
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