"
"Yes, sir; but such has not been the case with these people, and
therefore I reckon it is not the first time that they have fought with
Europeans."
"Are they all gone, Ready?" said William, who had come down from the
plank to his mother.
"No; I see them between the trees now; they are sitting round in a
circle, and, I suppose, making speeches."
"Well, I'm very thirsty, at all events," said William; "Juno, bring me
a little water."
Juno went to the water-tub to comply with William's request, and in a
few moments afterwards came back in great consternation.
"Oh, Massa! oh, Missy! no water; water all gone!"
"Water all gone!" cried Ready and all of them in a breath.
"Yes; not one little drop in the cask."
"I filled it up to the top!" exclaimed Ready very gravely; "the tub did
not leak, that I am sure of; how can this have happened?"
"Missy, I tink I know now," said Juno; "you remember you send Massa
Tommy, the two or three days we wash, to fetch water from the well in
little bucket. You know how soon be come back, and how you say what
good boy he was, and how you tell Massa Seagrave when he come to
dinner. Now, Missy, I quite certain Massa Tommy no take trouble go to
well, but fetch water from tub all the while, and so he empty it.
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