But there on Joel's lips the flame hung quivering. And now a deeper shadow fell upon his face.
Surely the tiny thing shuddered with horror as the hump-back's black paws closed upon it!
But, in any case, it now was safely prisoned. And the little black man laughed long and loudly.
"Not so bad a bargain after all!" chuckled he.
FOOTNOTE:
[A] To "knaw tin" is among the miners of Cornwall a sign of, and a colloquial euphemism for, cleverness.
AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY.
The performance was over: the curtain had descended and the spectators had dispersed.