"Stay in as long as you can, Stacy. I am satisfied the treatment will benefit you," advised the Professor.
"I'm cooking," wailed Chunky.
"That's what you need. You've been underdone all your life," jeered
Rector.
Throughout all of this the Havasus had sat about apparently taking no particular interest in the performance. They had all seen it before so many, many times. But Jim Nance's sides were shaking with laughter, and the Pony Rider Boys were dancing about in high glee. They did not get such a chance at Stacy Brown every day in the year, and were not going to miss a single second of this sort of fun.
"A brave lion tamer ought not to be afraid of a little heat," suggested
Walt.
"That's so," agreed Ned.
"For heat alone gives life and force," crooned the Medicine Man.
He repeated the words of his chant twice over, naming pretty much every member in the body. It was a long process, but no one save Stacy Brown himself wearied of it.
At the conclusion of the second round of the chant, the Medicine Man, stooping over, sprinkled water upon the hot stones, reaching in under the blankets to do so.
Instantly the to-hol-woh was filled with a cloud of fierce, biting steam, that made each breath seem a breath of fire.