“What do you propose to do with him?” asked Dr. Spooner, uneasily.
The Indian continued:
“For more than a moon the young chief has been sick and weak. A bad spirit has entered into him and torments him.”
“But what has all this to do with Tom?” asked Brush, impatiently.
“Let him tell his story in his own way, friend Brush,” said the doctor. “We shall know soon enough.”
The interpreter continued:
“The Great Spirit is vexed. He has sent one of the bad spirits to trouble Miantonimo. He must be appealed.”
“But what has that to do with Tom?” asked Peter Brush, again.
“Hush!” said Lycurgus Spooner.
“He has revealed it to his children that Miantonimo will not get well till a white boy has been sacrificed in his stead.”