“Watch?” said Jimmy; “watch? Doctor got um watch clock. Tick, tick, tick!”
“Where is the doctor?” I said.
“Jimmy don’t know little bitums. Doctor go one way. Mass Jack-Jack Penny-Penny, one way find Mass Joe. Jimmy-Jimmy, go one way find Mass Joe. Jimmy-Jimmy find um. Hooray! Nebber shall be slabe!”
“I hope not, Jimmy,” I said, smiling. “So the doctor and Jack Penny and you all went to find me, and you were seized by the blacks?”
“Dats um—all lot take um way,” cried Jimmy. “Only Jimmy find Mass Joe. Come along a black fellow. All jump atop Jimmy. Jimmy fight um, kick um—play big goose berry strong black fellow. Too much big coward big. Topper, topper, Jimmy head um. Go sleep um. Bring um here.”
“Too many of them, and they hit you on the head and stunned you?”
“Hiss! ’tunned Jimmy. Hiss! ’tunned Jimmy. Send um all asleep. Topper head.”
“Never mind the topper they gave you, Jimmy. We’ll escape and find our friends.”
“Don’t know um,” said Jimmy dolefully. “Bad good black fellow got no muttons—no grub—no wallaby. Eat Mass Joe—eat Jimmy.”
“Do you think they are cannibals, Jimmy?” I said excitedly.