With the details of the fearful feast that followed, I should be sorry, indeed, to sully my pages.
So the curtain drops on a sadder scene than ever I trust any of my readers shall ever behold.
There was another feast, however, of a somewhat less terrible kind. For on the slain that night the beasts of the forest held high revel.
And thus ended the invasion of King Goo-Goo's land.
CHAPTER VII.--THE MYSTERIOUS STONE.
For the first time since their arrival Goo-Goo paid the boys a visit of ceremony, on the day after the battle.
Carrambo had apprised them of the honour they were about to be the recipients of, and they stayed at home in consequence.
Goo-Goo was very pompous--and precious little else.
He was elated with his victory, but did not hesitate to admit that Duncan and his comrades had contributed a little to the turn of the tide of battle.
Goo-Goo was even boastful