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ives us the tarms to carry wid us." However philanthropic this might be as regarded the Pah Utah, our friends deemed it hardly feasible to make the attempt to reach his views through the medium of signs. As for Shasta, he did not once look backward to observe what his passengers were doing. He was propelling his boat through the water with his usual celerity, his head occasionally turning slightly as he glanced first at one shore and then the other, as though looking for some sign or landmark. The day that succeeded the storm was beautiful and clear, everything in nature wearing a fresh and rosy look, as if refreshed by the needed shower. The current of the Salinas was as clear and crystal-like as though it had not received the muddy contents of a thousand brooks, rivulets and torrents gorged with the debris and leaves of its own valley. "I am troubled by one sore anxiety." "What can that be?" "It is for Mr. Shasta. He seems quite forgetful this morning." "In what respect?" asked Elwood, who did not see the drift of the Irishman's remarks. "He hasn't had his breakfast, and he must be faaling a wee bit hungry, and be the same token, he must be the victim of great distress, that he hasn't indulged in the use of his pipe." As Tim O'Rooney had made similar remarks on more than one previous occasion, it may be that the Pah Utah gathered an inkling of his meaning, for the words were scarce uttered when the canoes were headed toward shore, and a landing speedily made. A piscatorial meal was provided after the manner already fully given, and when finished the soothing pipe of Tim O'Rooney was produced and enjoyed to its full extent. But Shasta showed no disposition to wait, or to indulge in the solace of the weed. Motioning to his friends to enter the boat, he towed them to the center of the river, where he loosed the fastenings, and without a word or sign he headed his canoe up stream and sped away. "He is going home," said Howard. "He must imagine that we are owld enough to walk alone," remarked Tim as he took the paddle. "But why not bid us good-by?" asked Elwood. "As he has already done so," replied Howard, "he doubtless does not believe in adding a postscript." CHAPTER XLIX. HOMEWARD BOUND. Now that our friends were left entirely alone, it became a question whether they should continue journeying by day or night. "It seems to me that we are approaching a more civilized p
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