The captain of the Kansas was not to be repressed that day. He
refused to look at the dark side of things. He even found cause for
congratulation in the threatened visit of cannibals whom Suarez feared
so greatly that he preferred death to the chance of returning to them,
although they had spared his life.
And Courtenay infected them all with his splendid optimism. It was
with curiosity rather than dread that they watched the rapid approach
of the