94 The Wild-Fowlers 



an' me '11 give yer a hot bre'kfas' afore 

 yer teh rights. ' ' 



Adam appearing on deck at this mo- 

 ment, his father turned him over to his 

 guests, and they in turn gave him a list 

 of the articles desired from the village 

 stores. Nearly all the items mentioned 

 by the Captain, and half a hundred other 

 things, were written down on a slip of 

 paper, and Adam was warned not to miss 

 getting one of them lest he wished to be 

 thrown overboard. If the steak were less 

 than three inches thick, or the chickens 

 not just so tender, he was to be left 

 ashore to eat them raw, so Corbin threat- 

 ened; and if the butter were poor, he 

 yelled at the boy, it would be smeared 

 on the mainstick, and he made to climb 

 to the very top. 



So merry were the sporting trio in the 

 little cabin, and so good the supper given 

 by the Captain, that the evening wore 

 away before any of them realized it. It 

 was ten o'clock; Adam had returned 



