Chapter 9
THE STRANGER’S WARNING.That one festive night decided the immediate future of ’Tana.
All her joy in it did not prevent a decision that it should be the
last in her experience, for a year to come, at least.
It was Lyster who broached the subject, and Overton looked at
him closely while he talked.
“You are right,” he decided, at last; “a school is the easiest
path out of this jungle, I reckon. I thought of a school, but
didn’t know where—I’m not posted on such things. But if you know
the trail to a good one, we’ll fix it. She has no family folks at
all, so—”
“I’d like to ask, if it’s allowable—”
“Don’t ask me about her people,” said the other, quickly; “she
wouldn’t want me to talk of them. You see, Max, all sorts get
caught in whirlpools of one sort or another, when
