day.

"Yes," agreed Earle, in response to an observation of Dick's, "we have
had an exceedingly narrow escape, Dick, and don't you forget it, a more
narrow escape, indeed, than you probably realise. For example, do you
know the name of this tribe of Indians?"

"Certainly," answered Dick. "I heard the king call the idol, this
morning, `Anamac, god of the Mangeromas,' so I suppose these johnnies
are the Mangeromas."

"Correct, my son; they are," returned Earle. "Remember ever hearing
anything about the Mangeromas?"

"Of course," returned Dick. "They are the tribe with the bad name that
those Catu Indians told us about, and whom we have been looking for ever
since, because they are supposed to know something of the whereabouts of
the city of Manoa. Isn't that it?"

"That is it, Dick," assented Earle. "And you knew it? Well, you were
so cool, so apparently unconcerned, during the whole time that our fate
was hanging in the balance, that I thought you had missed the point of
the king's remark."

"Not much," retorted Dick. "But why shouldn't I keep cool? What would
have been the use of getting excited and anxious? That would only have
given our show away and spoiled everything. But, although I may not
have shown it, I don't mind admitting now, old chap, that I _was_ most
confoundedly anxious. For I knew that if your ventriloquial trick had
been discovered, it would have been all up with us."

"You bet it would," agreed Earle. "And that was just where our narrow
escape came in; for I was so nervous that, when the critical moment
came, it was only by an almost superhuman effort that I was able to
control my voice. However, here we are, still alive and well, thank
God! And--Dick--after all, I'm glad that you are with me. A chap with
a nerve like yours is worth a whole regiment of soldiers. Good-night!"

The two white men slept the sleep of exhaustion that night, to awake
refreshed and re-invigorated on the following morning, with scarcely a
trace remaining of the stress and strain through which they had passed
on the preceding day. Inaguy and Peter presented themselves at daylight
with the accustomed morning cup of chocolate; and the former, who was by
this time well acquainted with his master's habits, mentioned that he
had learned by inquiry, that there was a stream just outside the town in
which the white lords might safely venture to bathe. Whereupon the pair
sallied forth and enjoyed the now rar