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It's a good weapon, and I wish I owned one; but I wouldn't start out to hunt big game until I learned something about it." The boy waited a minute, listening for some signal from his companion, but none was heard and he moved on again. Sam, like many an amateur hunter, began to appreciate the value of a trained hunting dog.
Anyway I shall see to it that they do their duty. Sam!" The negro looked up quickly. "Yas, sah!" "Call the others. Who knows where the food is stored?" Watkins spoke up behind us. "It's stored forward, sir, an' all safe; the water casks are lashed amidships." "I'll see what we've got and serve out."
She glanced at him with a subtle smile; Sam flushed up. "Oh, very well!" he said hotly. Turning, he called outside: "Boys, come back! She's here!" One by one they straggled in, grinning delightedly, if somewhat sheepishly. They shook their heads at each other. "We sure have a queer customer," was the general feeling. It was useless to bombard her with questions.
"William," she said sharply, "you will break my plates. What is the matter with you to-night?" A little later they were sitting quietly in Miss Minerva's room. She was reading "The Christian at Home," and he was absently looking at a picture book. "Sam Lamb's wife Sukey sho' is a beautiful patcher," he remarked, feeling his way.
Though the wind was heavy, it was not fair; and it was not till the third morning after his parting with Sam Ray that the schooner arrived off Boston Light. The captain then informed him that, as the tide did not favor him, he might not get up to the city for twenty-four hours; and, if he was in a hurry, he would put him on board a pilot boat which he saw standing up the channel.
"Well, Sam, the guy who has charge of it is the coachman over there, that fat little fellow with the red face standing under the peach tree," replied Holmes in a well modulated tone, but with his eyes glittering with suppressed excitement.
Then they ascended the piazza, the flooring of which was much decayed. "Look out that you don't fall through somewhere, and break a leg," cautioned Tom. "This is worse than it looks from the outside." "Wait till we get inside," said Sam. "Glad we brought a lantern." For a light had been taken along at the last minute. They pushed open the front door and entered the broad hall.
"Well, we carried some pork and Hudson Bay hard tack and tea, and of course, we could get all the fish and game we wanted." "Lots of game, eh? Small and big?" The colonel was evidently much interested in this part of Ranald's story. "By the great Sam, must go up there!" "It would do you all the good in the world, Colonel," said Mr. St. Clair, heartily.
"He is hurt, come on," catching up the end of a long rope coiled up on the deck close to their feet, the boys jumped overboard together. A dozen strokes took them up to Sam; but the black hull of the ship had already glanced past them. They could hear loud shouts, but could not distinguish a word.
He dared not strike a light, but, knowing well the positions of the horses, and the place where the saddles were hung up, he hoped to find no difficulty in getting off. He quickly opened the stable-door, and was about to enter, when a deep voice exclaimed, "Stand, or you're a dead man!" He felt sure the person who spoke was Long Sam.
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