"Me no so shule bout lat," said Wah Shin. "W'en dog him heap hungly him eat bag too."
Clearly Ike and Wah Shin had formed a conspiracy against the dog, and this only confirmed Sam in his attachment to the poor brute, though more than once he wished that he was in some other place.
Sam and Ulna at once set about repairing the raft, and while they were engaged in this work Ike showed that he had unbounded faith in his young master's knowledge by asking these questions:
"Mistah Sam, w'at you tink bout dis time?"
"Nothing, Ike," was the reply.
"Know 'bout whar we is?"
"I do not."
"Know whar we'z goin'?"
"No."
"Nor whin we'll git dar?"