Red Rooney: The Last of the Crew
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Robert Michael Ballantyne. Red Rooney: The Last of the Crew
Chapter One. The Last of the Crew. Lost and Found
Chapter Two. Describes a Rescue and a Happy Family
Chapter Three. Our Hero and his Friends become Familiar
Chapter Four. Okiok becomes Simple but Deep, and the Wizard tries to make Capital out of Events
Chapter Five. Plots and Counter-Plots already
Chapter Six. Angut and Rooney hold Converse on many Things
Chapter Seven. Treats of Cross-Purposes and Difficulties
Chapter Eight. Mrs Okiok’s Little Evening Party
Chapter Nine. Shows that the Wise are a Match for the Wicked, and exhibits Tumbler and Pussi in Danger
Chapter Ten. Red Rooney becomes a Spectacle and then a President
Chapter Eleven. The Hairy Ones feast and are Happy
Chapter Twelve. Combines Story-Telling (in both Senses) with Fasting, Fun, and more Serious Matters
Chapter Thirteen. Mischief Hatching
Chapter Fourteen. Solemn and Mysterious Doings are Brought to a Violent Close
Chapter Fifteen. A Great Singing Duel interrupted by a Catastrophe
Chapter Sixteen. The Rebellion of the Worm and the Fall of the Wizard
Chapter Seventeen. Tells of Despair and a Wild Pursuit
Chapter Eighteen. A Terrible Encounter, Disastrous Results, and Singular Termination
Chapter Nineteen. Spring returns—Kayak Evolutions—Angut is Puzzled
Chapter Twenty. The Chase continued and disastrously interrupted
Chapter Twenty One. Shows a Gloomy Prospect—Starvation threatened, and wonderfully averted
Chapter Twenty Two. A Brief but Singular Voyage winds up with a Great Surprise
Chapter Twenty Three. Describes a most Amazing Surprise, and treats of Hans Egede
Chapter Twenty Four. Escape from Present Danger, and a Curious Instance of the Effects of Gin
Chapter Twenty Five. The Eskimo Encampment—A Murder and its Consequences
Chapter Twenty Six. Tells of Men whose Actions end in Smoke, and of others whose Plots end in Deeds of Darkness
Chapter Twenty Seven. A Strange Meeting strangely interrupted
Chapter Twenty Eight. A Capture, Flight, Surprise, and Rescue
Chapter Twenty Nine. Conclusion
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While the Eskimos were thus rushing to his rescue, poor Red Rooney—whose shipmates, we may explain at once, had thus contracted his Christian name of Reginald—began to recover from his swoon, and to wonder in a listless fashion where he was. Feeling comparatively comfortable in his bear-skin, he did not at first care to press the inquiry; but, as Okiok had anticipated, the peculiar smell near his nose tended to arouse him. Drawing his hand gently up, he touched the object in front of his mouth. It felt very like blubber, with which substance he was familiar. Extending his tongue, he found that it also tasted like blubber. To a starving man this was enough. He pulled the end of the raw morsel into his mouth and began to chew.
Ah, reader, turn not up your refined nose! When you have been for several months on short allowance, when you have scraped every shred of meat off the very last bones of your provisions, and sucked out the last drop of marrow, and then roasted and eaten your spare boots, you may perhaps be in a position to estimate and enjoy a morsel of raw blubber.
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“What shall we do with him?” asked Okiok, after a brief silence.
“Keep him,” replied Nuna, with decision.
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