much by
his words.

Inga gave Captain Buzzub the command of the warriors and made him
promise to keep his men quiet and orderly--if he could. Then the boy
allowed all of King Gos's former slaves, except those who came from
Pingaree, to choose what boats they required and to stock them with
provisions and row away to their own countries. When these had
departed, with grateful thanks and many blessings showered upon the boy
Prince who had set them free, Inga made preparations to send his own
people home, where they were told to rebuild their houses and then
erect a new royal palace. They were then to await patiently the coming
of King Kitticut or Prince Inga.

"My greatest worry," said the boy to his friends, "is to know whom to
appoint to take charge of this work of restoring Pingaree to its former
condition. My men are all pearl fishers, and although willing and
honest, have no talent for directing others how to work."

While the preparations for departure were being made, Nikobob offered
to direct the men of Pingaree, and did so in a very capable manner. As
the island had been despoiled of all its valuable furniture and
draperies and rich cloths and paintings and statuary and the like, as
well as gold and silver and ornaments, Inga thought it no more than
just that they be replaced by the spoilers. So he directed his people
to search through the storehouses of King Gos and to regain all their
goods and chattels that could be found. Also he instructed them to take
as much else as they required to make their new homes comfortable, so
that many boats were loaded full of goods that would enable the people
to restore Pingaree to its former state of comfort.

For his father's new palace the boy plundered the palaces of both Queen
Cor and King Gos, sending enough wares away with his people to make
King Kitticut's new residence as handsomely fitted and furnished as had
been the one which the ruthless invaders from Regos had destroyed.

It was a great fleet of boats that set out one bright, sunny morning on
the voyage to Pingaree, carrying all the men, women and children and
all the goods for refitting their homes. As he saw the fleet depart,
Prince Inga felt that he had already successfully accomplished a part
of his mission, but he vowed he would never return to Pingaree in
person until he could take his father and mother there with him;
unless, indeed, King Gos wickedly destroyed his beloved parents, in
which case Ing