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A bit of ridicule of his fine plot will take the starch out of him, and that's what he needs." "Yes, to be sure." The boys were in sight of the Van der Donk house by this time, but as they had no intention of calling they turned around and went back to the camp where they met Jack and his two friends just coming ashore.
I do not say that Mynheer Von Donk was destitute of human sympathies; but he had gone out to that far from agreeable place to make money, and money he was resolved to make by every means in his power.
You're all right," commanded Ned, jerking Stacy out by the collar. "See what you've accomplished now. You have done for our last mule. Had you not been along I don't believe the other one would have fallen off the trail." "That's right. Save the donk, but never mind a Stacy Brown. He's a good joke, that's all," complained Stacy.
Meantime Mynheer Von Donk was making every inquiry in his power for Captain Stenning, or any of the survivors from the massacre on board the Dolphin.
Early in the evening the two boys went up to the Van der Donk house, being met by Margaret, who seemed very glad to see them, and said: "We have been busy putting things to rights, and if it does not look very tidy here you must excuse it. Gabrielle has gone away, no one knows why or where." Jack glanced significantly at Percival, and said carelessly: "Gabrielle? She was the nurse?"
It seems very mysterious to me." "Yes, and to every one," said Percival. Mr. and Mrs. Van der Donk came in shortly, and for a time there was a very pleasant conversation, but at last the old gentleman got upon the subject of his family, and before long the boys were yawning, and the old lady fast asleep.
It was a pine-staked palisade, bound around the top with rawhide thongs. At one end, the "champion donk" was tethered, and at the other the "fiercest grizzly" was confined in a stout cage of solid planks. "Step in, gents! There are logs and stumps to stand on. The show will begin immediately. We are now loosing the lion-eating jack. He "
After supper Jack suggested to Percival that they go up to the Van der Donk house and see the nurse, as they might learn more about the man who had claimed the watch. "It is a good idea, Jack," said Dick, "but I guess you will need to be careful how you proceed with that excitable creature, who is ready to go up in the air at the slightest notice."
"Yes, thank you, my claim has turned out to be a rich one. What will you take for the donk?" "Help yourself. He's a maverick. What's that? Dog fight? Sic 'im, Rover!" and the fickle and drink-befuddled mob hurried off down the street to the newest excitement. Anthony took half an apple from his pocket. "I was saving it for tomorrow, but do you think you could manage it, Little Pard?"
His paper is taken very extensively in this section." "Could the young lady have dropped it when you met her at the fire?" asked Dr. Wise. "She nearly fainted in your arms, I understand." "Possibly, sir," said Jack. "Perhaps it will be well to ask Mr. Van der Donk if he has missed the watch.
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