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"Uncle Jen, I want to ask you something.","Well, and what does that prove?","Don't ever, ever do that again, Billy," I said, giving him both a hug and a shake. "It's piggy to eat more than is good for you and then still want more. What would your father say?","Yes I do," rejoined David, interrupting in his turn. "And so does she!",Not a word was spoken till the door opened again, and Griffin with Doris Leighton and Miss Green came quickly in.,CHAPTER I. THE MAJOR AND HIS HOUSEHOLD.,"It is a small black pebble of a peculiar shape," explained the girl, "and it was brought from Africa to Barbadoes over a hundred years ago. The negroes believe that a spirit dwells in this stone, and that when it is worshiped the indwelling devil can work woe to those against whom the possessor of the stone bears malice. You can have no idea how this talisman is venerated by all the blacks; they will go miles to look on it, to adore it; they would burn down a city to possess it; to gain it they would murder a hundred human beings. Well, Dr. Etwald was in Barbadoes some years ago, and he gained possession of this Voodoo stone. He has used it while here to intimidate Dido. While he holds it she will not dare to disobey him, and all this plotting and assassination designed to bring about my marriage with Dr. Etwald, has been designed by him, and carried out by Dido, solely on account of his ownership of the Voodoo stone. You know that she calls him the 'great master!' Well--now you can guess the reason for her service worship of this man.","Yes, major," said he at length. "You shall learn my reason--at the trial.","Find out in the morning how she feels about it," said Elinor, switching off the light. "I'm pretty sure she'll want to go.","Dido! Well, I admit that such a barbaric treasure would tempt her, the more particularly as she knows about such wizard instruments. Ask her if she took it.","But the Voodoo stone?" said Jen, wondering what she meant.,"Um! He lub you. He told ole Dido so.".