"
"I'm afraid you're right, Juno," replied Mrs. Seagrave. "What shall we
do?"
"I go speak Massa Tommy," said Juno, running to the house.
"This is a very awkward thing, Mr. Seagrave," observed Ready gravely.
Mr. Seagrave shook his head.
The fact was, that they all perceived the danger of their position: if
the savages did not leave the island, they would perish of thirst or
have to surrender; and in the latter case, all their lives would most
certainly be sacrificed.
Juno now returned: her suspicions were but too true. Tommy, pleased
with the praise of being so quick in bringing the water, had taken out
the spigot of the cask, and drawn it all off.
"Well," observed Mr. Seagrave, "it is the will of Heaven that all our
careful arrangements and preparations against this attack should be
defeated by the idleness of a child, and we must submit."
"Very true, sir," replied Ready; "all our hopes now are that the
savages may be tired out, and leave the island."
"If I had but a little for the children, I should not care," observed
Mrs. Seagrave; "but to see those poor things suffer - is there not a
drop left, Juno, anywhere?"
Juno shook her head.
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