"Pale-faces" were supremely happy, and disposed to be
thankful for their recent deliverance and their present
comforts.
"I wonder what the stars are," said Dick, languidly
taking the pipe out of his mouth.
"Bits o' fire," suggested Joe.
"I tink dey are vorlds," muttered Henri, "an' have
peepels in dem. I have hear men say dat."
A long silence followed, during which, no doubt, the
star-gazers were working out various theories in their