"Hold on!" cried Dick, laughing; "we don't want

to keep him company. A distant view is quite enough

o' sich a chap as that."

"Mais you forgit I cannot see far."

"So much the better," remarked Joe; "it's my

opinion we've seen enough o' him. Ah! he's goin' to

look on at the games. Them's worth lookin' at."

The games to which Joe referred were taking place

on a green level plain close to the creek, and a little

above the waterfall before referred to. Some of the