"But the future, Ike?"
"Wa'al, sah, I ain't hungry in de futah; Ize hungry right jest now at dis bressed minute."
"Me feel allee same like dat," said Wah Shin.
As this was exactly how Sam and the uncomplaining Ulna felt, the former gave orders to warm up all the food and divide it into five shares, one of which was to be for Maj.
They had a good supply of coffee left and a few pounds of bread with a like quantity of meat.
We shall not attempt to describe that feast. Only those who have long endured the pangs of hunger can appreciate it.
Each one rose from the banquet much relieved and refreshed, and in their enjoyment of the present they quite lost sight of the fact that their last particle of food was gone.
[CHAPTER XVI.—DANGER AHEAD.]
After their last hearty meal, which finished up the provisions, Sam Willett and his friends felt better, stronger and warmer than they had since the beginning of this wonderful voyage.
It is one of the blessings and charms of youth that while it enjoys the present and anticipates the happiness of the future, it steadily ignores all thoughts of coming afflictions.