"And that's all there is to tell about it. Sure people often wonders how others came to live 'way down on these lonesome shores. But Marquette Islands have given me fish and fur and good life, with ne'er a cent owing to any man, and there's four fine youngsters to help out when we can no longer fend for ourselves."
FOOTNOTES:
[1] Seals.
THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE[ToC]
"They brought in a blind man last night," said the house surgeon. "It only seemed a case of starvation, so I didn't call you."
"Where is he from?"