Marmo mused over these things. He saw the great cordiality that existed
between his warriors and the other tribes. He was also gratified to see
some of his men making things which were novel to him, as they were
fascinating to the men.

The Krishnos were all about and were the personal charges of the
Professor. He had them, daily in the laboratory, and all seemed to be
pleased and happy. Marmo wanted to know whether they desired to go home,
but all declined. There seemed to be a fascination about the place he
could not understand.

One evening the Professor saw a Tuolo worker stealthily coming up the
pathway leading to the laboratory, and after looking about with a
curious air, pushed open the door, and in the most subservient manner
begged permission to speak.

The Professor took him by the hand and led him to a chair. "What is it
you want, my man? Can I do anything for you!"

The hearty manner and smiling face of the Professor emboldened him to
speak.

"I have a wife and three children in the Tuolo village, and I want
permission to bring them here."

"Don't you want to go back there?"

"If I do then I will have no more work. I like the work. I can make many
things now, and I want my family here."

This was an appeal which could not be neglected, and he responded in
this manner: "You do not need to ask me to bring your family here. You
have a right to do so."

"But my chief will not let me do so."

"Did you ask him?"

"No."

"Then I will send for him."

"When Marmo appeared the Professor told him the desire of the man, and
when he had concluded the chief was puzzled for a moment, and, turning
to the warrior, said:

"I cannot understand why my warriors do not care about going to war.
They like the machinery, and the way the little things are made, and to
learn how to make them. The White Chief says you have a right to bring
your family here. That is well; but you must not forget your people, and
when you learn these wonderful things you must come and teach the
people at the village how to do them."

He was extremely gratified at this permission. A half hour afterwards
the Professor called Tom and told him of the incident, and suggested
that he should be provided with a quantity of food for the journey. But
he had already gone. That was certainly sufficient to show the intense
eagerness to bring back his people.

George and Ralph were the ones who were always on the alert for new
things, and Jim m