"Are you strong enough to go with me, O'Brien?" said the
senator.

"Yes, sir; I've got to go," said Aladdin. "I said I'd come
back for her."

"Give him some whisky," said St. John, in the voice of Jupiter
saying "Poison him," "and wrap him up warm, and bring him
along."

They embarked. Aladdin, cuddled in blankets, was laid in
the bow, St. John, not deigning to sit, stood like a black
tree-trunk in the stern, and amidships were four men to row.

A little distance up the river they met a boat coming down.
In the stern sat Margaret, and at the oars her godlike young
friend. Just over the bow appeared the snout and merry eyes
of the spaniel, one of his delightful ears hanging over on
each side.

"I am glad to see you alive," said St. John to Margaret when
the boats were within hailing distance, and to her friend he
said, "Since you have brought her so far, be good enough to
bring her the rest of the way." And to his own rowers he
said, "Go back."
When the boats came to land at the shipyard, Margaret's father
lifted her out and kissed her once on each cheek. Of the
godlike boy he asked his name, and when he learned that it was
Peter Manners and that his father was Peter Manners, he almost