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These discoveries induced Ned Sinton to think of adopting a plan which had been in his thoughts for some time past; so one day he took up his rifle, intending to wander up the valley, for the double purpose of thinking out his ideas, and seeing how the diggers higher up got on.
The young slave, greatly rested and refreshed by the water, and even more by the sympathy shown him, marched forward with an almost elastic step. "O young master!" he said, looking at Ned, "my heart feels light. I thought no one cared for poor Chando; but I now know that there are kind men in the world." Sayd explained the meaning of the black's words. "Chando!" repeated Ned.
No one had time to speak; for suddenly the three little shadows on the sunny wall behind them stood up straight, and began to bow. "Mercy, me!" cried Polly, staring at them. "By Jove, that's odd!" said Ned, looking queer. "Are they alive?" asked Will, a little frightened. "Don't be alarmed: they won't hurt you," said a soft voice.
But Ned only laughed, and kept on laughing as his mother appeared in the vestibule with a puzzled look at the empty seat in the tonneau of the Fire Bird. Dorothy was the first to reach the porch. "She didn't come," was her wholly unnecessary remark as Mrs. White opened the outer door. "Isn't that strange!" replied the aunt. "Do you suppose anything could have happened?" "I don't know. I hope not.
Teddy asked, as Ned walked back to the ridge and looked down into the valley of the North Fork. "Ned must be seeing, things!" Ned remained oh the summit a long time, until the sun sank behind the range to the west and the valleys became ribbons of black between the lighter crests of the mountains.
Warmly, also, did he praise Ned's companion on the journey; but the latter modestly ascribed all the success, which had attended their journey, to the knowledge of native life which Ned had gained among the negroes, and to his courage and prudence.
Now, Lovell, what do you think of that? And sure enough, this afternoon, while we were out, the child and nurse appeared, and are in the house at this present moment. Don't you think it a hard case for such a confirmed bachelor as I am?" "I do indeed," was the hearty reply; "but I think you will find a way out of it, Ned. Take a wife unto yourself, and she will relieve you of all responsibility."
"To heel!" exclaimed Ned again. Billy thought he wanted to play, and putting his head on his paws, he began to bark. Ned laughed; still he kept saying "To heel!" He would not say another word. He knew if he said "Come here," or "Follow," or "Go behind," it would confuse Billy.
Finally, almost at the edge of the timber, Ned came to a third sign. There were three holes cut in the bark of a tree, facing the trail he had followed, and on the right side was the familiar slit in the bark. "Turn to the right and be careful, for there may be danger ahead!" That is what the talk on the tree said! To the right lay a rim of trees, facing the bare face of the mountain.
"I'd rather be back in the Manhattan, among the islands north of Luzon," Jack observed. "I don't like this smell of the Orient they talk so much about." "Not much Orient about this!" Ned said. "I hope we'll get out of it before long," Jack went on. "I'm hungry for the wash of the China Sea." "We'll have a little China Sea made for you, an' tuck it away in Central Park," Jimmie laughed.
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