He motioned to them to maintain silence, while he closed his eyes and waited for some evidence of the pain he had so sharply felt a few minutes before. As he stood thus, he stealthily brought each hand around in front of his face and subjected them to the same examination.
Suddenly his eye sparkled, and he held out his left:
"That's the hand!" he exclaimed exultingly.
"Let's see?" asked the boys, stepping up to him.
"Yees'll find it somewhere there, if yees'll take the throuble to examine it closely."
They did so, but declared themselves unable to find the wound.
Tim finally showed a small red spot upon one of the fingers, which he affirmed was where the cruel tooth did bite him.
"That cannot be, for the skin is not broken."
"But it faals as if the same had been bit off."
"It looks more like a burn," added Elwood.