"I had quite forgotten that," answered George. "How I would like to go back again to the dear old place!"
"I have just been thinking, what a wonderful life we have had since we landed here. We had nothing when we came, and now we have everything!"
"Yes," answered George; and he stopped, while his eyes took on a blurry feeling, and the lashes began to blink at an alarming rate. "All but home!"
Harry looked at George. There was an inflection, which he caught.
"Of course; I mean that, too. But we haven't lost them. When this business here is settled we[p. 193] are to go to work on the big vessel. When I think of that it eases my mind."
"That is the great comfort to me, too. It makes me happy when I think of the joy we are bringing to the people here. I really love every foot of this island. It has been a wonderful experience to us."
"And," responded Harry, "to think that we have aided in restoring so many to freedom; John and Blakely, and the four boys, and—I wonder who the ones are that we are going after now?"
"That is what I have been thinking about all along. But did you ever see such bricks as Uraso and Muro?"
Lolo had learned many things in the short ten days that he had been with them. The boys had attained a remarkable knowledge of the language, and Lolo was a constant instructor for them. He was so simple and unaffected in his ways that they grew to love him.
Within two hours the location of the village was sighted. It was distinctly noticed among the trees, perched on a hillside, and the excitement of the boys was intense. Stut was in charge of the warriors.