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"Oh! indeed! a box! but then Phina must have had an accomplice " And Uncle Will turned towards Captain Turcott, who laughingly answered, "What could I do, Mr. Kolderup? I can sometimes resist you but Miss Phina it was too difficult! And four months ago, when you sent me to look round the island, I landed the box from my boat " "Dearest Phina!" said Godfrey, seizing the young lady's hand.
Well, he would see if the lot were an enviable one! And then there returned to his mind the thought of his happy existence, that easy life in San Francisco, in the midst of a rich and loving family, which he had abandoned to throw himself into adventures. He thought of his Uncle Will, of his betrothed Phina, of his friends who would doubtless never see him again.
Phina stepped forward. "Godfrey," she asked, "would you like to remain on your island?" "I would rather die!" he exclaimed. But immediately he added, as he took the young lady's hand, "Well, yes, I will remain; but on three conditions.
"Quite serious!" interrupted Phina, while Godfrey contented himself with making a sign of affirmation. "You want to try travelling before you marry Phina! Well! You shall try it, my nephew!" He made two or three steps and stopping with crossed arms before Godfrey, asked, "Where do you want to go to?" "Everywhere." "And when do you want to start?" "When you please, Uncle Will."
This cost the lives of two innocent hens, who, plucked, trussed, and dressed by the professor, were stuck on a stick, and soon roasted before the crackling flames. Meanwhile, Godfrey was getting the camas roots in a state to figure creditably at the first genuine breakfast on Phina Island.
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