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If Ippegoo had winced, or stood on the defensive, or stepped back, or shown the slightest sign of fear, it is probable that the strong and lawless man would have stabbed him to the heart in the first impulse of his anger, for the poor youth was well acquainted with all his secrets and most of his bad intentions. But the motionless figure and the smiling face not only surprised it alarmed Ujarak.
You shall know in time. Will you get ready?" "No, my son, I won't." "But Ujarak says you are to get ready." "Still, my son, I won't." "Mother!" exclaimed Ippegoo, with that look and tone which usually follows the saying of something very wicked; but the pleasant little woman went on with her work with an air of such calm good-natured resolution that her son felt helpless.
"Oh, but it is not Kannoa's body that is ill," said Ippegoo quickly; "it is her mind that is ill very ill; and nothing will make it better but a sight of Nunaga. It was Ujarak that told me so; and you know, mother, that whatever he says must be true somehow, whether it be true or not." "Ujarak is a fool," said Kunelik quietly; "and you are another, my son."
Now he is getting strong, and will soon be able to join in kick-ball, and pull-over, and he may perhaps, before long, teach your great angekok Ujarak some things that he does not yet know!" As this was said with a motion in one eye which strongly resembled a wink, the audience burst into mingled applause and laughter.
Kannoa, a very old dried-up but lively woman with sparkling black eyes, also formed one of the group. "Won't we be happy!" whispered Pussimek, when Ujarak spoke in glowing terms of the abundance that was in prospect. She followed up the whisper by hugging the baby. "Yes, a good time is coming," said the mother of Ippegoo, with a pleasant nod. "We will keep the cooking-lamps blazing night and "
Besides, these animals were heard fawning round him as he spoke to them. "Ujarak!" exclaimed Okiok, in a low voice. "Is Ujarak a friend?" asked the sailor. "He is an angekok," said the Eskimo evasively "a great angekok, but not so great as Angut." Another moment, and a man was seen to creep into the tunnel.
He inadvertently said it in English, however, so that Ujarak was none the wiser. "Who is he?" demanded the angekok perhaps it were more correct to call him wizard. Okiok, expecting Rooney to reply, looked at him, but a spirit of silence seemed to have come over the stranger, for he made no reply, but shut his eyes, as if he had dropped asleep. "He is a Kablunet," said Okiok.
The wizard said this somewhat tartly, and Okiok, feeling that he had gone far enough, turned away his sharp little eyes, and gazed at the lamp-smoke with an air of profound humility. "You have got seal-flesh?" said Ujarak, glad to change the subject. "Yes; I killed it yesterday. You are hungry? Nuna will give you some." "No; I am not hungry. Nevertheless I will eat.
"If the pack sets fast again, we may walk over it to the land. Once there, we could manage to live though not to continue our pursuit of Ujarak. That is at an end." In spite of himself, the poor fellow said the last words in a tone which showed how deeply he was affected by the destruction of his hope to rescue Nunaga. "Now my friend seems to me inconsistent," said Rooney.
Indeed, it was not usual for him to raise his voice in council, but as he had been the first to carry the important news, and was known to be an ardent admirer and pupil of Ujarak, he felt that he was bound to back his patron; and his arguments, though not cogent, prevailed. "Let us not doubt the wisdom of the angekok," he said. "His torngak speaks. It is our business to obey.
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