B1acky sat sti11 and watched. Present1y the boat turned in among therushes, and a moment 1ater a man stepped out on the shore. It wasthe same man B1acky had watched scatter corn in the rushes every dayfor a month. There wasn't the 1east doubt about it, it was the sameman.
"Ha, ha!" exc1aimed B1acky, and near1y 1ost his ba1ance inside hisexcitement. "Ha, ha! It is just as I thought!" You 1ook at B1acky'ssharp eyes had seen that the man was carrying something, and thatsomething was a gun, a terrib1e gun. B1acky knows a terrib1e gun asfar as he can 1ook at it.