ting into, and drawing Jimmy into, but somehow coming out of unscathed, during these years of his care

as naturally a leader, and in spite of his youth Jimmy instinctively recognized him as such. He could always

uick thought and prompt decision, with a practical turn of mind. If he got Jimmy and himsel

ossible dire results. Bobby, on the other hand, concentrated his attention upon some practical method by which

like all Eskimos, was a fatalist. If he was caught in a perilous position he believed that if the worst came it would be because it was to be. If he escaped unharmed, so it was to be.

is hair, an Eskimo. He spoke the language like an Eskimo born, his tastes and his life were Eskimo, his ambition to be a great hunter-the greatest ambition of his life-was the ambition o

He was a great reader and an exceptional student. S

y worked upon problems in arithmetic and geometry, and with the same gusto. They studied grammatical construction much as they studied the tracks and the habits of wild animals. They read the books in Skipper Ed's library with the feelings and sensati

e must perform. But nevertheless it was very natural. Human nature is obstinate and contrary. Tom Sawyer's friends derived much pleasure from whitewashing

evenings, reading or studying Skipper Ed's books, at home in Abel's cabin, or in one of the easy chairs in Skipper Ed's cabin, w

by to them from the Far Beyond, through the place where mists and stor

he developed it must have caused a long stretch of even their imagination to continue the fiction. There was nothing ethereal

igger things of life, his adventures grew from the smal

barrens, and in the dark and mysterious fastnesses of the forest it crouches, always ready for its chance to spring forward and meet you unawares. Adv