“Will they come back again?” asked Andy, after a long spell of silence.
“Better wait a while longer and see,” said Hogan.
“I’m itching to get at that stuff,” came, with a sigh, from Stuffer.
“Did you ever know a time that you wasn’t hungry, Stuffer?” asked Andy.
“Humph! I guess you’ll get away with your full share, Andy,” was the retort.
At last the boys considered themselves safe and crawled from their beds once more. A dim light was made, and sitting in a circle, they divided the good things on hand and devoured them with a keen relish. The turkey proved to be of the best, and the pie was “prime,” as Andy expressed it.
“Oh, if Baxter could only see us now,” whispered Pepper, with a mouth half full of turkey.
“It would make him dance with joy, I don’t think,” answered Jack.
The little feast kept up the best part of half an hour.
“Here goes the last of the pie!” cried Stuffer.