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The Return on Board

           Afewseconds,andtheheavyboomofthecannoncameacrossthewateranddiedawayontheshore.Thesailswereinstantlyaltered,andthesteamgotup,soastogetasnearthecoastaspossible.

           Presently,throughtheglass,theysawaboatlowered.

           "LadyHelenawillnotbeabletocome,"saidTomAustin."Itistoorough."

           "NorJohnMangles,"addedMcNabbs;"hecannotleavetheship."

           "Mysister,mysister!"criedRobert,stretchingouthisarmstowardtheyacht,whichwasnowrollingviolently.

           "Oh,howIwishIcouldgetonboard!"saidGlenarvan.

           "Patience,Edward!youwillbethereinacoupleofhours,"repliedtheMajor.

           Twohours!Butitwasimpossibleforaboatasix-oaredonetocomeandgoinashorterspaceoftime.

           GlenarvanwentbacktoThalcave,whostoodbesideThaouka,withhisarmscrossed,lookingquietlyatthetroubledwaves.

           Glenarvantookhishand,andpointingtotheyacht,said:"Come!"

           TheIndiangentlyshookhishead.

           "Come,friend,"repeatedGlenarvan.

           "No,"saidThalcave,gently."HereisThaouka,andtherethePampas,"headded,embracingwithapassionategesturethewide-stretchingprairies.

           Glenarvanunderstoodhisrefusal.HeknewthattheIndianwouldneverforsaketheprairie,wherethebonesofhisfatherswerewhitening,andheknewthereligiousattachmentofthesesonsofthedesertfortheirnativeland.HedidnoturgeThalcavelonger,therefore,butsimplypressedhishand.

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