“Of course you will.”
“We might do as we did before—make a fire in the woods.”
“That’s first rate; I never thought of that.”
Youth soon recovers from fatigue; and after lying an hour stretched at full length before a warm fire, they felt entirely rested. Thoroughly dried, and recruited by rest, they now began to feel the pressing calls of appetite.
“I’m so hungry,” said Fred; “I do wish it was supper time.”
“It is almost,” said Charlie; “and if we go home mother will hurry it up.”
CHAPTER XVII.
UNCLE ISAAC’S PLEDGE.
As they came to the edge of the woods they espied Uncle Isaac standing beneath the branches of the old maple, and, with his hand over his eyes, looking all around him as though in quest of something. Equally surprised and delighted, they ran to meet him.
“I heard you was on here,” said he, “and was looking for you. How do you do, Charlie?”