"Yis, sir; you may well say that. When I had the big bear walking at me from one direction and the three red gintlemen from the other, I thought to mesilf what a shplendid opportunity there was for the illigant exercise of one's idaas. But it was all the doings of the good Lord above," added Tim very reverently.
"Yes; there can be no doubt of that," replied Howard. "He has cared for us all the time."
Tim now gave an account of his adventures in his hunt after the deer, previous to when he was first seen from the island. When he had finished Elwood asked:
"Are we to stay here over night?"
"I think not, but I defers to the judgment of Mr. Shasta. It's just as he says about it."
"He appears to be taken up with something over yonder."
"He is searching for some object that he left when he made up his mind to get well," said Howard.
"He must know all that has occurred, for when we came back from watching you, there he stood with his arms folded, and a look in his eye that said he understood more about matters and things than we imagined he did."
"He must know that we are in danger so long as we are upon this island, and I should think he would leave it while it is dark."'
"Do yez rest on that pint?" said Tim. "The red gintlemen will attind to the same—will he."