The Golden Canyon Contents: The Golden Canyon; The Stone Chest

s, while on the other side of the bed stood three red-shirted men, whose rough beards and belts with bowie knives and pistols showed them to

y life aint no pertik'lar value to nobody, but such as it is you have saved it. But

on," Dick said

any more. We will get you

over from his wounds, weeks would elapse before he would be convalescent. Before night fever had set in, and it was a fortnight before he was again conscious of what was passing round him.

however, reached the midshipman's ears. He tu

Don't try to talk, old fellow; drink this

o do so. Tom, however, put it to his lips and poured it down his throat. It was cool and pl

ow was open, and the fresh air came in

el now, old ma

k. I suppose I must have lost a lot of blood. Has the

ome chicken broth Dave has been cooking for you. You must try and drink a

efore there is much of a giant about me. Tom

"Raise me up and put some pillows behind me, Tom. It

he wished, and then the latter fed him with t

shed; "let us hear what the old man said

e was!

ent that ashore for? I should think I

hampton," Tom said, "for by this time

astonishment. "Why, ho

ght to-da

ised to make any r

n has gone, how is it

e o'clock without you, after waiting an hour and a half at the wharf for you to turn up. We all felt sure that something must have happened, or you would never have been all that time late. There was a row between Allen and the skip

insensible, but he got two other surgeons. Their opinion was that you would not get over it, but that if you did it would be a long time first. When Allen got back there was another row. He wanted to have you brought on board. The captain said that as you had chosen to mix yourself up in a row on shore, you might die on shore for anything he cared

friends here all about it, and as he went back to the boat again one of them pitched into him, and gave him such a tremendous licking that I hear he had to be carried on board. As soon as he got on board the Northampton sailed, so you see here we both are. I have written off to your father and mine, giving them a full accou

f you to have come as

or other of them, been with you night and day, and they could not have taken more care of you if they had been women. Still I have been very glad to be here, though till three days