CHAPTER XXII
ONE MORE TOAST
"To the Christmas Adventure at Carver House!" proposed Katherine, raising
on high her glass of fruit punch.
New Year's dinner was over, and they all stood in their places around the
table, drinking toast after toast.
"The Christmas Adventure at Carver House!" echoed the Winnebagos. "The
best adventure we've had yet. Drink her down!" The toast was drunk with a
will.
Sylvia stood beside her father, her face one big sparkle, while a more
subdued, but equally rapturous, gleam shone from the doctor's eye as he
gazed on the adored child from whom he need never more be separated. The
Captain stood opposite Hinpoha and gave her a long look as he touched her
glass, as if he wished to fix every detail of her in his mind against the
separation that was coming on the morrow; Slim also had his eyes turned
toward Hinpoha as he clicked glasses with Gladys across the table.
Justice gave Katherine's glass a little nudge as he touched it, to
attract her attention, for she had her face turned away from him toward
Sylvia; Sahwah's eye had a far-away look as she matched with Migwan.
Nyoda and Sherry beamed impartially upon them all, and Hercules smacked
his lips over his glass in the corner by himself. Hercules had abandoned
his intention of dying, and announced that he was planning to get himself
another goat, because life was too uneventful for a man of his vigor
without something to fuss over and take up his time.
"And it all happened because Katherine forgot Nyoda's name!" said Sahwah,
setting her glass down.
"I wasn't born in vain after all!" laughed Katherine, meeting Justice's
eye bent upon her in a close, quizzical scrutiny.
"Which goes to prove," said Nyoda, "that everything has its use in this
world, even our shortcomings. Let's celebrate that discovery. We have
drunk to the memory of Uncle Jasper Carver and to the memory of Sylvia
Warrington; we have drunk to the memory of the man who built Carver House
with the secret passage; we have one swallow of punch left. Let's drink
one more toast, not to the _memory_ of Katherine Adams, but to her
_forgettory_!"
And amid a great shout of laughter the last toast was drunk.
THE END
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