'Tis but a week since I removed a cinder from the eye of Simon the Armorer, and in return for the favor he taught me a trick of wrestling that surpasses aught of the kind that ever I saw.

I have practised it daily since, and would now confidently take issue with any who know it not without regard to their superior size or weight.

I will show it thee if thou wilt promise to keep it secret.

Ha!" As they talked the canoe had drifted close in to the shore, until it lay directly beneath the gigantic limb of a tree that extended far out over the water, and from which hung a mesh of stout vines.

As he uttered the exclamation that finished his last sentence.