He was very busy marshaling the little black vagabonds of tin cups and pouring into them the streaming iron colored mixture from a small and sooty tin pail.

He had some fresh meat, which he roasted hurriedly on a stick.

He sat down then and contemplated the youth's appetite with glee.
The youth took note of a remarkable change in his comrade since those days of camp life upon the river bank.

He seemed no more to be continually regarding the proportions of his personal prowess.

He was not furious at small words that pricked his conceits.