Ares in the Odyssey

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That night when Mrs. Bennett went into the Fo’castle there was an unusual note in Billy’s voice.,“This,” said Betty, showing the picture of a robin, “is a wormivorious bird.” Henry, the rooster, from his vantage point on a beam crowed lustily, but Betty ignored his remark.,Mrs. Bennett knew better than Billy how much thumping a boy could live through; and reassured him while she took off his soiled garments, and started below for hot water and remedies.,“Yes. And the fire worse. Why can’t you have a refugee?”,“Wait, Billy! You are hurt, badly. Let me see.” She put out a detaining hand.,CHAPTER XI.—JONAH AND THE WHALE.,“I did hunt the aigs,” lied the unhappy Moses who was afraid he was going to miss something.,Then one day, after several years, a stranger had come to town with a startling story. He said that he had been a sailor on the “Wanderer,” when she had made her last voyage. The ship had been blown in a gale upon the rocky coast of a small island in the south seas. He with several others of the crew and a few passengers had managed to get to land and had been hospitably treated by the natives. A small trading-vessel which regularly visited the island had taken them off in the course of the next few weeks, but one of their number, a passenger named Snoop, had refused to leave. He had asserted he might as well be there as anywhere else. Later reports brought from the island by the crew of the trading-vessel had been to the effect that Mr. Snoop was leading a tranquil and peaceful existence. He was espoused to several dusky maidens and was so much revered and respected as the only possessor of a white skin on the island, that he was never expected to stir hand or foot in any way suggesting work.,This account of the abruptly ended career of her predecessor was somewhat disturbing to Nell.,“Man is born to trouble as the sparks fly upwards,” quoted Mrs. Wopp. “We’ve had sich a time, but I’m shore our li’l Mornin’-Glory is gittin’ better now.” She gazed at the child with true maternal affection. “She’s lookin’ kinder peart agin.”,They all went off, a merry, noisy troop. And the disappearing sun was the last to say to Billy “Good-night.”,“Yes; he’d lick him too, if Flash wasn’t Tom’s body-guard.”.