Chapter
1 III | Origin of their Friendship.—Dick Kennedy at London.—An unexpected
2 III | aptitudes, and temperaments, Dick Kennedy and Samuel Ferguson
3 III | fact, quite the reverse.~Dick Kennedy was a Scotchman,
4 III | the same regiment. While Dick would be out in pursuit
5 III | at the home of his crony Dick.~The Scot talked of the
6 III | at new explorations; and Dick, supposing that his friend’
7 III | the manual exercise that Dick went through while he thus
8 III | Ferguson opened, in person.~“Dick! you here?” he exclaimed,
9 III | of surprise, after all.~“Dick himself!” was the response.~“
10 III | But, sit down, my dear Dick.”~“No, I won’t sit down!—
11 III | Come, be calm, my dear Dick!” resumed the doctor. “You’
12 III | positively upon you, my dear Dick, and I have picked you out
13 III | have no objections, my dear Dick.”~The two friends took their
14 III | take them into view.”~“No, Dick. I intend not to be separated
15 III | launch ourselves.”~“We!” said Dick.~“Have you still a shadow
16 III | journeys in the air.”~“My dear Dick, I have only one word to
17 III | therein lies my secret, friend Dick. Have faith, and let my
18 V | Pronouns in the Plural.—Dick’s Insinuations. —A Promenade
19 V | slightly moved. In fine, Dick felt that the doctor was
20 V | particularly exasperated Dick was, that the doctor seemed
21 V | discoveries; ‘our’ ascensions.”~Dick shuddered at them, although
22 V | willing, then, wretched Dick—are you willing, false friend—
23 V | Still—”~“Listen to me, Dick,” and cast your eyes over
24 V | your eyes over that map.”~Dick glanced over it, with resignation.~“
25 V | you know what that means, Dick?”~“Not the least in the
26 VI | the Satellites of Jupiter.—Dick and Joe hard at it.—Doubt
27 VI | when he says to your face, ‘Dick!’ (with all respect to you,
28 VI | all respect to you, sir,) ‘Dick, I want to know exactly
29 VI | altogether at his ease.~“Dick,” said the doctor, “come
30 VI | his balloon; so he made Dick get up on the platform of
31 VIII | nothing but his expedition. Dick seemed a good deal moved,
32 VIII | his own supreme confusion, Dick Kennedy came in for a large
33 VIII | his daring companion.”~Dick blushed a good deal, and
34 VIII | applause redoubled, and Dick blushed again.~A message
35 VIII | Swear to nothing, friend Dick; you have been ganged and
36 VIII | the arrival at Zanzibar, Dick never opened his mouth.
37 XI | Solemnly determined, my dear Dick.”~“I have done every thing
38 XII | Crossing the Strait.—The Mrima.—Dick’s Remark and Joe’s Proposition.—
39 XIII | remarkable about that, my dear Dick, for we are in one of the
40 XIII | awning.~“A little patience, Dick, and you’ll soon get over
41 XIII | better than that, friend Dick; for I can give you a febrifuge
42 XIII | country.~“Wait a little, now, Dick, and you’ll begin to feel
43 XIII | doubt of that!”~“I bring Dick into good air, as the doctors
44 XIII | said Kennedy.~“Keep cool, Dick. We shan’t touch them,”
45 XIII | take two guns, friend Dick— one for yourself and one
46 XIV | half an hour’s walking, Dick and Joe plunged into a forest
47 XIV | broiling, to be sure!” replied Dick.~“Not the least in the world.
48 XIV | silent in the upper air.~Dick and Joe stretched themselves
49 XV | quiet on that score, my dear Dick. With a little medicine,
50 XV | be off with extra speed. Dick had better remain, therefore,
51 XVI | Kennedy.~“Undoubtedly, my dear Dick. Just note the progress
52 XVI | sporting country!” exclaimed Dick, unable longer to restrain
53 XVI | try it once!”~“No, my dear Dick; the night is close at hand—
54 XVI | Well, then,” suggested Dick, “would it not be advisable
55 XVI | alight?”~“On the contrary, Dick, I’d rather go up, only
56 XVII | you know; and on the way, Dick, you must get us some fresh
57 XVII | our hunt’s over.”~“Wait, Dick; you could not hunt anyhow
58 XVII | to his shoulder.~“Wait, Dick; wait!”~“That’s a fact!
59 XVII | where we want to go, my dear Dick. A little patience!”~“‘Wig-a-more!
60 XVII | use of sighing over it, Dick?” said the doctor. “Are
61 XVII | unbroken tusk. The doctor and Dick leaped out on the ground,
62 XVII | surprising about that, my dear Dick; the elephants of Central
63 XVII | doctor!” and, so saying, Dick, shouldering his gun, plunged
64 XVIII | may.”~“Ready it is!” said Dick and Joe, with one voice.~“
65 XVIII | And what of that?” asked Dick.~“It is there that we shall
66 XVIII | answer for all that.”~“Come, Dick,” said the doctor, as he
67 XIX | that’s not the north?”~“No, Dick; and I’m afraid that we
68 XIX | shall we?”~“Never!” said Dick and Joe together, almost
69 XIX | Nor can I either, my dear Dick; accidents are generally
70 XX | really remarkable, my dear Dick; and yet, they would be
71 XX | Nevertheless, I would prefer, dear Dick, not having to rely upon
72 XXI | clock watch, and at midnight Dick relieved him.~“Keep a sharp
73 XXI | Keep a sharp lookout, Dick!” was the doctor’s good-night
74 XXI | moment.~“Silence!” said Dick. “Let us speak below our
75 XXI | in such a place as this.”~Dick and Joe replied with signs
76 XXI | they will not return.”~“Dick, I implore you, heed what
77 XXI | We must act!”~“But how, Dick? What do you expect to do
78 XXI | captors. As for you, my dear Dick, with determined daring,
79 XXI | Kennedy.~“This is the idea, Dick: you will admit that if
80 XXI | throwing out the ballast, and Dick will carry off the prisoner;
81 XXII | Kennedy.~“We must save him, Dick!” responded the doctor; “
82 XXII | is hanging to the car!”~“Dick! Dick!” cried the doctor, “
83 XXII | hanging to the car!”~“Dick! Dick!” cried the doctor, “the
84 XXII | hope?” said the Scot.~“Yes, Dick, with care, in this pure,
85 XXIII | of quartz.~“See, my dear Dick!” the doctor went on. “Just
86 XXIV | you say?”~“Yes, my dear Dick!”~“Well, as grieving over
87 XXIV | despised.”~“Undoubtedly so, Dick, provided it would not require
88 XXIV | what you did, doctor?”~“No, Dick, since it was in our power
89 XXIV | to appear. Those two men, Dick and Joe, friends of his,
90 XXV | to philosophize a little, Dick; it does no harm.”~“Let
91 XXV | faces!”~“Well, we’ll see, Dick, we’ll see!”~“But this is
92 XXV | much upon that.”~“Look, Dick, its shape is just the same
93 XXV | laughing, “that it is you, Dick, yourself, making that signal
94 XXV | drop of water here!”~“No, Dick, as well pass the night
95 XXVI | difference, however, my dear Dick, that our wings are unhurt,
96 XXVII | your guns, and be careful!”~Dick grasped his rifle, and Joe
97 XXVII | What does that mean?—”~Dick had no time to finish; a
98 XXVIII | nearly went mad!”~“My dear Dick,” replied the doctor, “had
99 XXVIII | beasts in it.~“But, my dear Dick,” said the doctor, “haven’
100 XXVIII | It don’t prove much, Dick, for those animals, when
101 XXVIII | Kennedy.~“You may be certain, Dick, that they would take him
102 XIX | current as strong as this? No, Dick; you must taste a little
103 XIX | the fancy of a sportsman. Dick’s heart fairly leaped in
104 XXX | power.”~“Very good, my dear Dick; but what can we do about
105 XXX | Kennedy.~“Nothing easier, Dick! We are right over it. Allow
106 XXXI | asked Kennedy.~“Somewhat, Dick. At its greatest length
107 XXXI | Cummings.”~“But, my dear Dick, your memory fails you,
108 XXXI | can get closer to them, Dick, but we must not land. And
109 XXXI | and between the thighs. Dick’s ball hasn’t even marked
110 XXXII | exclaimed Kennedy.~“No, Dick; not now! Don’t exasperate
111 XXXII | fellows!”~“You may think so, Dick. But you are wrong!”~“Why,
112 XXXII | doctor?”~“Very seriously, Dick.”~“Let us wait, then!”~“
113 XXXII | no doubt of your skill, Dick; I look upon all as dead
114 XXXII | Alight as soon as possible, Dick, and then wait.”~After a
115 XXXIII | God grant it as you say, Dick!” replied the doctor, with
116 XXXIII | skill.”~“I hope so. Now, Dick, you may go and hunt in
117 XXXIII | Happily, it will not. See, Dick! it is carrying us back
118 XXXIII | us wait a little longer, Dick, and not lose heart. We
119 XXXIV | tear it.~“We must be off, Dick,” said the doctor; “we cannot
120 XXXIV | own country.”~“Ah! my dear Dick! Joe doesn’t know one word
121 XXXIV | again, doctor!”~“Come back, Dick? Yes, if we have to abandon
122 XXXIV | that to Providence, my dear Dick; I was wrong in doubting
123 XXXIV | frightful!”~“It often happens, Dick; these trips across the
124 XXXVI | wild oxen.”~“Perhaps so, Dick; but yon throng is some
125 XXXVI | they are about.”~“Patience, Dick! In a little while we shall
126 XXXVI | Whoever they may be, Dick, they are not to be feared,
127 XXXVI | Are you certain of that, Dick?”~“Oh! yes, it’s clear enough
128 XXXVI | voice.~“What is the matter, Dick?”~“Is it an illusion? Can
129 XXXVI | doing better than that, Dick! I understand him! He’s
130 XXXVI | Kennedy.~“Lay aside your rifle,Dick.”~And the Scot obeyed the
131 XXXVII | due north.”~“Due north, Dick.”~“And don’t that give you
132 XXXVII | expect to halt?”~“Come, Dick, don’t you feel some curiosity
133 XXXVIII| for that.”~“There is none, Dick, and that is why we must
134 XXXVIII| route?” asked Kennedy.~“No, Dick: in quitting Lake Tchad,
135 XXXVIII| river?”~“On the contrary, Dick. Since then, there were
136 XLIX | direction?”~“Not any too well, Dick; not any too well! Look
137 XLI | balloon.”~“I tell you, again, Dick, that we have no means of
138 XLI | them?”~“I am afraid not, Dick. See what an immense space
139 XLI | nearly empty.~“If needs be, Dick, hold yourself in readiness
140 XLIII | so—”~“Were it to do so, Dick? Look!”~They had just passed
141 XLIII | we are safe.”~“Perfectly, Dick,” replied Ferguson; “but
142 XLIII | No harm in the world, Mr. Dick! We are lucky that we didn’
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