The breakfast was served on a smooth stump put on board for that purpose.

The coffee was admirable, and the bacon and thin corn cakes were cooked beautifully.

Good butter was spread over the corn cakes, and Harry and his father were surprised at the number they ate.

Ike, addressed by his uncle variously and collectively as "lunkhead," "nephew," and "Ike," served.

He rarely spoke, but always grinned.