“I like your pluck and hope you will succeed.”
“I shall. Have no fears upon that score.”
“You have been attacked by these Matrodas? Rascally fellows!”
“Yes.”
“I am glad that we happened along in time to aid you.”
“So am I,” said Frank; “but come, you will go with us to the Explorer.”
Young Harmon drew a deep breath.
“I can hardly realize it,” he said. “I had begun to think that the time would never come when I should leave these awful solitudes!”
“Well, it has come,” said Frank, lightly, “and your father will be made the happiest man in the world.”
“That makes me happy. But I must first take leave of these Esquimaux who have been so kind to me.”