Volume I Part 64 (1/2)
”Good, captain You are sure of being able to over-take the Ice Bird?”
”Leave that to ht that the ti little rooirl, laughing ”Such a beautiful dining-rooe bank of flowers
”Oh, what lovely flowers,” she exclaiician, my lady,” replied the captain; ”and now please be seated”
”Directly,” replied Clary laughing; ”but first per your wife and yourself to join us”
Two more covers were placed on the table
The breakfast was a substantial English s and ham They were all tasty dishes The conversation was very lively until Mrs Wharton arose and begged to be excused as she had other duties to perfor tenderly back at her
”You seem to be much attached to each other,” said Clary, cordially
”Oh, my lady, how could it be otherwise? We have not been separated from each other since twenty years; we have coet”
”If I am not mistaken, you said before that Mrs Wharton was a ?”
”Yes, theof a Sioux”
”And did she belong to the sa since a Christian”
”And as her husband?”
”A Sioux, poor Tu-Sam-Ba”
”And how did he die, you say?”
”I ate him up, my lady”
”Ah, really?”
”Yes,” said Wharton, sorrowfully; ”his wife and I ate hih this circumstance Minnie became a ”
Natural as it seeazed in open horror, and as soon as she could recover the use of her tongue, she asked for explanations
The captain was not loth to tell his story, and just as he was settling himself coin, captain, take a look at the yacht”
”I shall,” said Wharton, ”but you can rest easy and trust in the Crocodile”