There, standing where the morning sunshine fell through an opening in the Black Woods, were two persons, an old and wrinkled Indian and a bright-faced, dark-eyed boy.

Frank was face to face with his brother.

CHAPTER XV.
A REBELLIOUS SPIRIT.

“Hee-haw! hee-haw! hee-haw!”

Rattle-ty-smash! rattle-ty-thump! thump! smash! thud!

“Hee-haw! hee-haw! hee-haw!”

“Oh, ha! ha! ha! ha! Ha! ha! ha!”

Pandemonium seemed to have suddenly broken loose just outside the window at which Frank was writing.

The braying hee-haw was followed by such a smashing, and crashing, and banging that it brought Merry to his feet immediately.

Then came a burst of wild, elfish boy laughter.