"Then shall we wait here or hurry down the river for help?"
"Both, or aither as yez plaise."
"But, Tim, we must do one or the other."
"Let us slaap and draam over it."
This struck Howard as a good suggestion, as they both needed slumber sorely, and adjusting themselves in the canoe, with the Newfoundland as ever maintaining guard, they were quickly wrapped in deep slumber.
When they awoke it was broad day, and the whining of the dog told them at once that he had detected something suspicious.
CHAPTER XLVIII.
THE MEETING.
Tim O'Rooney and Howard Lawrence, awaking at the same moment, observed the alarming action of the dog. Raising their heads they looked carefully around but could detect nothing unusual. They were so securely drawn under the overhanging shrubbery and undergrowth that they were pretty certain no one else was aware of their presence; but the gaze of the dog being turned toward the river they judged that something must be nearing them from that direction.