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Chapter 30

           Areyouprepared,then,totakeyourchanceofthat?"

           "I’vebeenpreparedandhadmymindmadeuplongago,"criedPeterkin,swaggeringaboutthedeckwithhishandsthrustintohisbreechespockets."Thefactis,Jack,Idon’tbelievethatTararowillbesoungratefulastoeatus,andI’mquitesurethathe’llbetoohappytograntuswhateverweask;sothesoonerwegoinandwinthebetter."

           Peterkinwaswrong,however,inhisestimateofsavagegratitude,asthesequelwillshow.

           Theschoonerwasnowputbeforethewind,andaftermakingalongruntothesouthward,weputaboutandbeatupforthesouthsideofMango,wherewearrivedbeforesunset,andhove-tooffthecoralreef.Hereweawaitedthearrivalofacanoe,whichimmediatelyputoffonourrounding-to.Whenitarrived,amild-lookingnative,ofapparentlyfortyyearsofage,cameonboard,andtakingoffhisstrawhat,madeusalowbow.HewascladinarespectablesuitofEuropeanclothes;andthefirstwordsheuttered,ashesteppeduptoJackandshookhandswithhim,were:

           "Good-day,gentlemen.WearehappytoseeyouatMango.Youareheartilywelcome."

           Afterreturninghissalutation,Jackexclaimed,"YoumustbethenativemissionaryteacherofwhomIhaveheardareyounot?"

           "Iam.IhavethejoytobeaservantoftheLordJesusatthisstation."

           "You’retheverymanIwanttosee,then,"repliedJack;"that’slucky.Comedowntothecabin,friend,andhaveaglassofwine.Iwishparticularlytospeakwithyou.

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