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Indeed Red Rooney himself, who only simulated sleep, found it difficult to restrain his feelings, for he began to understand Okiok's character, and to perceive that he was more than a match for the wizard with all his wisdom. Whatever Ujarak may have felt, he revealed nothing, for he possessed that well-known quality of the Eskimo the power to restrain and conceal his feelings in a high degree.
My fear is that he will sneak off in the night. He is a sly fox." "I will stop that," said Rooney. "How?" "You shall see. Come with me to the hut of Ujarak." On reaching the hut, they found its owner, as had been expected, sharpening his spears, and making other arrangements for a hunting expedition. "When do you start?" asked Rooney. "Immediately," replied the wizard.
Then she suddenly stopped, dried her eyes, jumped up, and, pursing her lips and knitting her brows, ran to her friend, whom she found just returning to a state of consciousness. "What has happened?" asked Kabelaw, in a dazed manner, as she looked at the blood which flowed from her wound. Nunaga did not answer, but ran to the bear, which was quite dead, and began to drag it off Ujarak.
As for Rooney, he had learned by that time to eat whatever came in his way with thankfulness when hungry, and not to eat at all when otherwise. The moon rose at last, and revealed the sheet of glassy ice which had previously disconcerted Ujarak. Angut also beheld it with much concern, and went on foot to examine it. He returned with an anxious look.
The handle referred to acted as a short lever, by means of which the spear could be launched not only with more precision but with much greater force than if thrown simply by hand like a javelin. "There, dart it now!" cried Ujarak, as a bird swept close to the cave's mouth. "Boh! you are too slow. Here is another; quick! dart!" Ippegoo let fly hastily, and missed.
While Ujarak was speaking, Angut listened with that look of unmoved gravity with which he always met a new thing or idea, and which effectually concealed his real feelings, though the concealment was unintentional.
Soon the sky overclouded again, snow began to fall so thickly that they could not see more than a few yards in any direction, and the wind drove them back into the hole or cave in the snow out of which the short-lived sunshine had drawn them. The body of Ujarak was buried under a heap of stones, for they had no implements with which to dig a grave.
The ice was comparatively smooth and unbroken close to the land. "See!" exclaimed Nunaga, pointing towards the bushes on shore; "the trap is there. That is the place." Ujarak paid no heed to her. The die was cast. He had taken the first step, and must now go through with it at all hazards.
There was therefore only one course open to him. Knitting his brows and clenching his teeth, Ujarak resolved to take it at all hazards. Bringing the cruel lash to bear with extreme violence, he sent the dogs howling out upon the glassy surface. At first they slipped and sprawled a good deal, but soon gathered themselves well together.
But when at last the wizard came to the most distasteful part of his discourse, namely the message from Reginald Rooney, that, on the occasion of his visit to the camp, he would take up his abode with Angut, that hero's countenance lighted up with surprise, not unmingled with pleasure. "Is Ujarak sure that the Kablunet said this?" asked Angut. "Quite sure," replied the wizard.
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