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Having finished the job he looked earnestly at the pale face and closed eyes of his old enemy, and said "You've bin pretty much banged about old chap eh?" As the wounded man made no reply, Grummidge rose quickly, intending to run to the settlement for help, knowing that no time should be lost. He was hastening away when Swinton stopped him. "Hallo! hold on!" he shouted. Grummidge turned back.
"Good-bye, Grummidge," cried Swinton, as the former, having snatched up his knife and bow, was hastening to the door. "Good-bye good-bye, mate," he responded, turning back and grasping the proffered hand. "You'll be all right soon, old chap and Jim's a better nurse than I am."
Now it chanced that Grummidge, in utter ignorance of where his foe had gone, took the same direction that morning, but started some time later, intending to explore the neighbourhood of the cliffs in search of sea-fowls' eggs. On reaching the locality, Swinton found that a large ice-floe had come down from the Arctic regions, and stranded on the shore of the island.
King Grummidge was walking one morning along the shore of Wagtail Bay, with hands in pockets, hat on back of head, and that easy roll of gait so characteristic of nautical men and royalty. He was evidently troubled in mind, for a frown rested on his brow, and his lips were compressed.
A voice was heard within, which struck familiarly, yet strangely, on Paul and the captain's ears. And little wonder, for it was the voice of Grummidge engaged in the unaccustomed act of prayer! The young Indian paused, and, with a solemn look, pointed upwards, as if to intimate that he understood the situation, and would not interrupt.
"You call it paradise, Garnet," said Grummidge, as the two carried a bundle of dried cod slung on a pole between them, "but if you, and the like of ye, don't give up swearin', an' try to mend your manners, the place we pitch on will be more like hell than paradise, no matter how comfortable and pretty it may be."
Second." And in another minute Vee was being greeted in the dark hallway and folded in impetuous by Ma Grummidge herself. But as we are towed into the white and gold living room, where half a dozen pink-shaded electric bulbs are blazin', we could see that it wasn't exactly the same Mrs. Gummidge we'd known. She's about the same build, and she has the same number of chins.
The proverbial mischief, of course, was soon found, for the latter class to do, and Grummidge began to discover that the ruling of his subjects, which sat lightly enough on his shoulders during the summer, became a matter of some trouble and anxiety in autumn.
Meanwhile, being unquestionably "in power," Master Trench, Paul, Oliver, Grummidge, Stubbs, and several of the well-affected, took possession of the boat when ready, and, inviting Swinton to join them as a stroke of policy pushed off, with hooks and lines, to make the first essay in the way of fishing on the now famous Banks of Newfoundland.
Two days later Grummidge sat by the side of Swinton's bunk. It was early forenoon, and they were alone all the other men being out on various avocations. Blackboy, the large dog, lay asleep on the floor beside them. Suddenly the dog jumped up, ran to the door, and began to whine restlessly. "Wolves about, I suppose," said Grummidge, rising and opening the door.
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