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Updated: June 10, 2025
Finally Rob was seized of a happy idea. "S'pose you go Kadiak," he said. "You come back with schooner, maybe so we give one rifle, two rifle." This had precisely the opposite effect from that intended. The chief guessed that, after all, the boys did not know when any boat would come for them. The cunning eyes of the native grew ugly now. "My barabbara!" he said. "You go. S'pose you no give lifle!
They loaded their dory down as heavily as they dared, and so, dragging on the painter and poling with the oars, at last they got their cargo up to camp, mooring the dory alongside the bidarka. Without much more ado Jimmy began to search around in the grass and found some long poles, one end of which he rested on the roof of the barabbara, supporting the other on some crotches which he set up.
He led out on the way toward the barabbara, where very methodically he set to work carrying out his purpose.
Thus the long and uncomfortable night wore away, the prisoner being the only one who slept undisturbed. As daylight began to shine more clearly in the interior of the barabbara, John, who was standing the last watch, suddenly reached out an arm and wakened his companion. "Listen!" he whispered. "I hear something outside."
Late that night they rolled up in their bedding on the grass beds of their new house, and soon slept soundly within close reach of the waves of the sea, whose steady sound along the beach came to them far more plainly here than had been the case at the older barabbara.
They returned to the barabbara, where Rob wrote as plainly as he could, with deep marks of the pencil, as follows: "Mr. Richard Hazlett, Kadiak. "DEAR SIR, We are all right, but don't know where we are, or what date this is, or which way Kadiak is. We came down in the dory. Travelled all night. Are safe and have plenty to eat, but want to go home. Please send for us, and oblige "Yours truly, ."
"Well," said Jesse, just before noon of the following day, as he stooped to enter the door of the barabbara, "accidents never come singly." His face was drawn with pain, as Rob, to whom he spoke, noticed. "What's up, Jess?" asked Rob. "Has anything happened?" "I struck my foot against an old nail or something of the sort," answered Jesse.
I suppose there's no use tying that man again, for he's got teeth like a beaver." The Aleut made no further disturbance during the long hours of waiting, which seemed endless to the two young watchers. At last, however, the light grew stronger in the dark interior of the barabbara.
This time he obeyed the gestures made to him, and, turning about, proceeded to paddle slowly up the creek, followed by the boys along the bank. When they reached the lagoon in front of the barabbara they stood for a time closely watching the latter. No sign of any visitor appeared, however. At last Rob boldly went on, kicked open the door, and called to the others to follow.
At this Rob demurred, for he had already seen proof of the custom of the native trappers, who nearly always skin out their game at the fireside of the barabbara, and who are very careless where they leave the carcasses. "No, you don't!" said Rob. "We've just cleaned out that house, and we don't want it mussed up again so soon. Let's go over to the beach and skin our fox."
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