This spear was in reality his sceptre, but that didn’t matter one little iota to Teenie.
Barclay Stuart, with a quaking heart, had followed his little sweetheart, as he called her, but presently lost sight of her. But she soon returned again.
“O Barclay,” she cried exultantly, “what a day I is having!”
Well, if there really was any danger to be apprehended at the hands of these cannibal savages, Teenie’s very innocence protected her therefrom.
“Oh, I is so tired, Mr. King,” she said, as she restored the spear to his majesty.
And the good-natured monarch smiled.
“Neber hab I saw,” he said, “so brave and pletty a chile befoh.”
CHAPTER VI
THE KOH-I-NOOR PEARL
The ascendency which not only Antonio, but his two mates, to say nothing of our young heroes, had gained over the king and the savages who dwelt on this beautiful island, in two months’ time, was truly remarkable.
It only goes to prove that the wildest men in the world are amenable to kindness, so long as it is sincere. But your savage is a suspicious man. If he thinks you are but playing with or fooling him, he will become your enemy. If he sees you mean well, and that you are not afraid of him, he can be to you a very sincere friend indeed.