ison. In truth, there are few
poisons that are fatal to both the blood and stomach."

Chief had been slyly preparing this treat for them, as savages like the
root, and all regarded it a welcome change, and it was that peculiar
look which George wrongly interpreted. How often the motives of people
are misjudged in the same manner, and without a more pronounced reason
than Chief had!

When the meal was announced Angel, as usual, was the first to appear,
and when he caught sight of his reflection in the mirror he thought one
of his friends had come to visit him. It did not seem to startle him in
the least, but like all children tried to look behind it.

The wall prevented that, so when George handed him one of the small
ones, and he put his hand behind the mirror, the vacancy there is what
alarmed him. When he did finally comprehend what it was, it so attracted
him that he could not partake of the meal, but sat entranced before it.

After the meal he took the mirror to the rafters, and found a hiding
place for it, and they would often notice him with it, but from that
time forward he never brought it down into the room.

CHAPTER XVI

A SURPRISING TRIP TO THE CAVE

The house was completed and partly furnished. New bedding was prepared
for the bedrooms, the Chief installed in one, and the other two reserved
for John and the Professor. The new living room, which was commodious,
served as a dining room, and a door was cut through from the old kitchen
to the new dining parlor.

The other rooms in the original building were reserved for the boys.
John was now fully recovered, and felt like beginning his task anew,
although he did not recall any of the previous work which he was engaged
in. Chief was progressing well in his education, and the constant source
of wonder to all was that he did not take the advantage his liberty gave
him to leave them.

One day John had a long conversation with him on the subject, and
afterwards the boys were curious to know the result of the interview;
but the result of the talk was not, apparently, satisfactory to John,
and the subject was not pressed. He was entirely well, and took a keen
interest in everything around him, and participated in the work. Each
new phase had some special attraction, and as the days passed less
anxiety was felt on this score.

In one of the evening conferences it was finally decided to make the
preparations for a trip to the portion of the island wh