"Hullo!" called he.
Whereupon Blazer barked more furiously than ever.
Blazer had his own reasons for mistrusting the sound of Bill the Kicker's voice.
"Ain't he sharp!" said Bill. "He smells you out if you creep by ever so quiet."
Dick nodded. "What about the hornets' nest?" asked he eagerly.
But Bill put him off with a half answer. The fact was he had been in too much of a hurry in proclaiming it a nest, and it had turned out to be no such thing.
Meanwhile, Blazer had not ceased barking.
"Rather a dangerous animal, isn't he?" suggested Dick.
"I shouldn't care to meet him out for a walk," returned Bill.
"Is he near the hedge?" asked Dick.