"Dat is cumfer'able to tink upon," remarked Henri.

"More comfortable to think o' than to undergo," said

Dick; "but I s'pose there's little chance o' that."

"Well, not much," replied Joe Blunt, patting his

horse's neck, "but d'ye see, lad, ye niver can count for

sartin on anythin'. The deer and buffalo ought to be

thick in them plains at this time--and when the buffalo

are

thick they covers the plains till ye can hardly see

the end o' them; but, ye see, sometimes the rascally