WESTWARD HO
It was very early in the morning when the boys heard Uncle Dick calling from his tent.
“Hello, there, young men! Are you awake?”
“Yes,” answered Jesse, but so sleepily that Uncle Dick laughed.
“It’s a shame to wake you up so early. How are you?”
“All right, except my knees are a little sore from riding so long yesterday.”
“Well, if you’ll all roll out, I’ll explain why I’m anxious to make so early a start.”
“Yes, Uncle Dick,” grumbled John, rolling over in his blankets; “you always want to make an early start, and you’ve always got some reason.”
Uncle Dick laughed and called Moise from his tent. “Well, I’ll tell you,” said he. “We’ve got to make the Leavings to-day.”