Chapter Thirteen.

“Sure you’ve looked round everywhere, boy?”

“Yes, father, quite.”

“Nothing left nowhere? Sure none of the lads chucked anything aside the path when they ran up?”

“Yes, father. I looked well both sides.”

“Humph! Worse lads than you if you knew where to find ’em.”

“Thank ye, father.”

“I’m going home to breakfast.”

“Shall I come too, father?”