She looked up with her pleasant smile, as the boys entered, their bodies shivering and their teeth chattering from the extreme cold.
"You chaps must have found it mighty pleasant out-doors," remarked the sailor.
"Ah! Jack, if you had been with us, you would have seen a sight worth a journey around the world."
"What was it? Another polar bear, or two of them?"
"The Northern Lights, and O—"
"The Northern Lights," interrupted their friend, with a sniff of disgust; "is that all?"
The boys looked at him, too horrified to speak.
"I'll own that they are rather purty, and the first two or three times a chap looks onto 'em he is apt to hold his breath, and rub his eyes, but, when you've seed 'em as often as me, it'll get to be an old story. Besides Docak and me had more important bus'ness to talk about."
"What was that?"
"This hunting trip; it's all fixed."