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His men began moving again, circling around us slowly I suppose with the idea of annoying us; for that is an old trick, to irritate your intended victim until some ill-considered word or gesture gives excuse for an attack. But we all sat our camels stock-still, and, following Grim's example, kept our rifles slung behind us. The sheikh was a rather fine-looking fellow, except for smallpox marks.
Yussuf was aware by that time, if not of Grim's identity, at any rate of the fact that he was an officer in the British pay, and was rather obviously considering which would likely pay him best to side secretly with Ali Higg or openly with Grim, or both.
The song put everybody in good temper, so that when Jael wrote out a letter to the bank at Grim's dictation Ali Higg affixed the seal to it without a murmur and ordered food supplied at once to all Grim's men; and we had a feast up there on the ledge outside the cave in sight of the very spot where Amaziah, King of Israel, once hurled ten thousand of his enemies into the gorge below that, in some respects, was the most enjoyable I ever shared.
Meanwhile Grim's boat had reached the spot and the men now lay on their oars at some distance ahead, ready to pull the instant the whale should show itself. Up it came, not twenty yards ahead. One short, energetic pull, and the second boat sent a harpoon deep into it, while Grim sprang to the bow, and thrust a lance with deadly force deep into the carcass.
His eyes were darker than Grim's, and blazed as surely no white man's ever did; and his likeness to Grim was lessened by the fact that he had not been shaved for a day or two, and the sparse black hair coarsened the outline of his chin and jaw. In spite of his illness he had not laid aside the bandolier that crossed his breast, nor the two daggers tucked into his waist-cloth.
I got one close look at Grim's face, and knew he had made his mind up what to do; but all the men were shouting different advice and it was a question whether he would be able to get control before a disaster happened. I said nothing and did nothing but kept fairly close to him.
Maybe it is rather a wonder that after all those hard things gone through he should recall anything, for he was nearly dying when we came ashore, as I have told. "But I am Grim's son," he said, "for all this, and never shall I forget it. By right of life saved, and by right of upbringing, am I his, and by right of brotherhood to his sons.
When, in answer to the eager, inquiring look, she said: "Mother, if I alone were concerned, I would leave this house this moment, though I should never have another roof over my head. But for your sake, mother, I will still fight the battle. I will try to turn uncle from his purpose. I will try to awaken Grim's generosity, if he has any, and get him to withdraw his suit.
"Now we must call the place by a name, for it has none," he said, laughing. "Grim's Stead, maybe?" "Call the place a town at once," answered my father, laughing also. "Grimsby has a good sound to a homeless man." So Grimsby the place has been from that day forward, and, as I suppose, will be now to the end of time.
Wilson made the very roof echo with his howls of unqualified delight, but Grim's face was uncommonly like that sunset he admired so much. "This is a sickener," he gasped. "Jove! Grim, you've wanted one long enough," said Wilson, holding his aching sides. "Crumbs! One would think she was old enough to be my mother." "That's a way they have, when they're not feeling quite the thing.
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