ed
at the cottage of the newly arrived Tuolo. The children were playing
about, and the wife was supremely happy, but awed when the Professor and
chief appeared.

The Professor took up the little one and affectionately caressed it, to
the astonishment of the mother. She knew the Chief Marmo would not
condescend to such an act; but to think that the Great White Chief
should do such a thing was something beyond her comprehension.

Marmo looked on in amazement. It was another thing which was unlike any
teaching or belief that he had ever known, that it made a powerful
impression on him.

This is but one incident in the history of the village which tended to
instill in the minds of the people, the cardinal duty of man to man. It
was a practical example, and the knowledge of it went from family to
family. It became one of the topics of conversation among the men. Equal
and exact justice was meted out to each, irrespective of what their
tribal relations might be.

In the absence of Harry and George, Ralph and Jim had charge of the
factory, and were busy each day turning out plows and other agricultural
implements. At the suggestion of the Professor, eight more of the steers
had been trained to work, and he gathered together a dozen of the best
men, and gave instructions to secure as many of the yaks as could be
found.

He offered certain sums for this purpose. It was known that, to the
west, and north of the great forest, were large herds running wild. The
proposal stirred them to activity. The party prepared for the hunt, and
in this were assisted by Blakely, who gave them many timely hints as to
the best method to lasso them.

The first expedition started the day after John left, and within a week
the first installment of ten animals arrived, and they had returned for
more. These were tamed and broken to work. The scenes about the town
were assuming the proportions of a vast beehive of the most earnest and
enthusiastic workers that it was possible to imagine.

Fields were now laid out, and certain money offers made for the
production of seeds of various kinds. Coffee-tree shoots, nutmeg plants,
cocoa cuttings, and many other like species of vegetation were
apportioned to the newly plowed fields.

Every kind of vegetable known to the island, and which now grew in a
wild, but scattered, state, was sought for, and distributed in small
patches over the plowed area. Fruit trees were set out, and these
latter, with a vi