a horse,
the black boy would not have been very much surprised.

But as joy in negroes manifests itself in laughter, he began to slap
his thighs with his palms and laugh like a madman.

"Tie this horse," Stas said. "Remove the supplies from him, build a
fire, and boil water."

After this he entered the tree. Nell awoke also and began to call him.
Stas, drawing aside the canvas wall, saw by the light of the fire-pot
her pale face, and thin, white hands lying on the plaids with which she
was covered.

"How do you feel, little one?" he asked merrily.

"Good, and I slept well until Saba awoke me. But why do you not sleep?"

"Because I rode away."

"Where?"

"To a drug store."

"To a drug store?"

"Yes, for quinine."

The little girl did not indeed relish very much the taste of the
quinine powders which she had taken before, but, as she regarded them
as an infallible remedy for all the diseases in the world, she sighed
and said:

"I know that you have not got any quinine."

Stas raised one of the jars towards the fire-pot and asked with pride
and joy:

"And what is this?"

Nell could scarcely believe her eyes, while he said hurriedly, with
beaming countenance:

"Now you will be well! I shall wrap up at once a large dose in a fresh
fig peel and you must swallow it. And you shall see with what you will
drink it down. Why are you staring at me like at a green cat? Yes! I
have a second jar. I got both from a white man, whose camp is about
four miles from here. I have just returned from him. His name is Linde
and he is wounded; nevertheless, he gave me a lot of good things. I
went to him on foot, but I returned on horseback. You may think it is
pleasant to go through the jungle at night. Brr! I would not go a
second time for anything, unless I again needed quinine."

Saying this, he left the astonished little maid while he went to the
"men's quarters," selected from a supply of figs the smallest one,
hollowed it out, and filled the center with quinine, taking care that
the dose should not be greater than those powders which he had received
in Khartum. After which he left the tree, poured tea into a utensil
with water, and returned to Nell with the remedy.

And during that time she reflected upon everything which had happened.
She was immensely curious as to who that white man was. From whence did
Stas get the information about him? Would he come to them, and would he
travel along with them? She did not d