I am awfully sorry, and it must be a terrible trial.

At the same time, I am glad you can hear me say how very grateful we are to you for getting us out of a nasty fix in the splendid way you did.

Now, I move we adjourn to the cabin of the schooner, where we can make some hot tea and be rather more comfortable than out here.

That is, if you think those Indians won't come back." The stranger smiled again, and shook his head so reassuringly that the lads had no longer a doubt as to the expediency of returning to the cabin.

There they started a fire in the stove, boiled water, made tea, and prepared a meal, of which the stranger ate so heartily, and with such evident appreciation, that it was a pleasure to watch him.
While supper was being made ready, the big man removed his outer garments of wolf fur and stood in a close-fitting suit of tanned buckskin that clearly revealed the symmetry of his massive proportions.
"If I were as strong as you look, and, as I know from experience, you are," exclaimed Cabot, admiringly, "I don't think I would hesitate to attack a whole tribe of Indians single handed.