“Yis, mossue,” said Moses, entering the hall. “Oh, me! what a walrus am dis! Me do b’lieve him most high as a tree an’ more broader nor iveryt’ing!”
“Hold thy tongue, Moses, and ask the fellow where he came from; but tell him first that I’m obliged to him for saving Chimo from that villainous wolf.”
While Moses interpreted, Arnalooa and Okatook, being privileged members of the tribe, crossed over to Edith’s room.
“Well, what says he?” inquired Stanley, at the end of a long address which the giant had delivered to Moses.
“Him say he heered we have come to trade, from Eskeemo to west’ard, and so him come for to see us.”
“A most excellent reason,” said Stanley. “Has he brought any furs?”
“Yis; him brought one two fox, and two t’ree deer. No have much furs in dis country, him say.”
“Sorry to hear that. Perhaps his opinion may change when he sees the inside of our store. But I would like him to stay about the fort as a hunter, Moses; he seems a first-rate man. Ask him if he will consent to stay for a time.”
“P’raps he fuss-rate, p’raps not,” muttered Moses in a disparaging tone, as he turned to put the question.
“Him say yis.”