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"Loto, to-day this afternoon " The woman gave a little, low cry of anguish, instantly repressed. Her hand gripped his tightly. "No, no, Lylda, not that," he said quickly, "but this afternoon while we were all away Loto was here alone with Eena Targo with his men came. They did not hurt Loto; they took him away in a boat to Orlog." He stopped abruptly. Lylda's eyes never left his face.
"Eena, mena, mina, moot, Le'me catch you by the foot; Fill your eyes and mouth with soot, Pull a tree up by the root. "Hit you with a speckled trout, Pull your hair to make it sprout; Though you grumble, also pout, One, two, three, and you are out." "There!" said Gwen, "now you're it, so we'll begin to play." "Why, how can I be 'it' when you said I was 'out?" questioned Inez.
"Republican win!" laughed Toby. "Meelyun man eena parade!" Mr. Pixley's small eyes lowered furtively. He glanced once toward the door, stroked his stubby chin, and answered softly: "Don't you be too sure of that, young feller. Them banks is fightin' each other ag'in!" "Bank? Fight? W'at eesa that?" inquired the merchant, with an entirely blank mind.
Clark had led Con indoors, the Indian turned to Banty and remarked quietly, "You're right some ways; he wants tea, and the sun shines in his shoes, but he good King Georgeman all same, I know, me." "Guess you're right, Eena," said Banty. "There's something about him that's fine, just fine and simple and English." The Indian nodded and he made but one more comment. "He brave," he muttered.
Aura, with a cry, pushed several of the others back; Oteo and Eena, frightened, started down the declivity. "We must get smaller!" the Big Business Man reiterated. The panic was growing among them all. Above their excited cries the Doctor's voice rose. "Stand still all of you. If we move even a few steps we can never get small and hope to find him."
They had just decided to send Oteo to see what had become of him and to bring down Reoh and his daughter, when Lylda unexpectedly returned. It was Eena, standing at one of the side windows, who first saw her mistress. A cry from the girl brought them all to the window. Far away beyond the city they could see the gigantic figure of Lylda, towering several hundred feet in the air.
"Go away and leave you here alone, perhaps to die? And then have to face my parents and Banty and The Eena, and and England again and tell what I've done? Not I!" cried the boy, indignantly. "Look at this shack, the state it's in; look at you. How did you come to be here alone?" "I had a pardner, but he left me, just skinned out, when he suspected what I had," said the man, hopelessly.
The trousers were long. "I'm glad Eena didn't come," moaned Banty. "If he'd seen this, he would have steered clear of the ranch for weeks." Then, bracing himself like a man, he went forward with outstretched hand to greet his unwelcome relative.
Banty understood, but then he and The Eena always understood each other, and now the boy knew that the old hunter meant to remind him of the best qualities of his English cousin, and to overlook the little oddities that after all did not carry weight when it came to a boy's character.
In a few moments more the Chemist, Lylda and Eena had taken the drug and were as large as the others. All six stood in the water beside the Chemist's house. The Chemist had not spoken while he was growing; now he greeted his friends quietly. "A close call, gentlemen. I thank you." He smiled approvingly at the Big Business Man. Eena and Oteo stood apart from the others.
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