Part 34 (1/2)
”Don't get funny,” warned Grant ”We'll take it out of you if you get fresh”
”You can't touch e loftily
”What's the reason we can't?”
”Because if you do, I'll--”
He did not finish the sentence Instead he leaped to his feet and hanging on to one hand hoith pain His friends, however, instead of syhtedly
”Whew!” cried George feelingly ”He's a good biter all right”
”He,” in this case referred to a s in both hands In so its head around had taken a good sized bit of flesh out of the back of his hand This was the cause of George's pain and his friends' mirth
”Put a erous”
”He certainly is,” agreed George ”I' in half too”
”How did you catch him?” inquired Grant curiously ”Did you put salt on his tail?”
George gave the speaker a scornful look ”I caught hi and can't fly very well It wasn't any easy job, though”
”How did he break his wing?”
”I don't know I didn't ask hi awfully fresh,” exclairy ”Can't you be serious and tell us how you caught hi down around the end of the island when I spied this fellow on the ground I went up close to him and he just flopped up and down and evidently could use only one wing I saw right away that it was broken and decided right there and then that he ought to belong toand finally I grabbed hi to do though and I can tell you I nearly gave it up any nurab at him, he'd hop away and when I did catch hiot plenty of spunk all right,” and George looked ruefully at his bleeding hand
”Are you going to ta to do my best”
”Do you think he'll stay around here?”
”He will as long as he's tied, that's sure I got that string off that old tarpaulin; you know the one we had in the life-boat e left the _Josephine_”
”You ought to clip his wings,” said Grant
”I know it and I intend to, too I was just waiting for some of you fellows to come back and help me Where have you been anyway?”
The whole story of John and the shark was related to George, as naturally very much interested in the account