"Then he vill be starve to deat'. Oh, dat is more
horrobell!"
"He must take his chance o' that. I've no doubt
his friends'll find him in a day or two, an' he's game
to last for a week or more. But you'll have to run to
the willow bluff, Dick, and bring a bit of line to tie him.
We can't spare it well; but there's no help."
"But there
is
help," retorted Dick. "Just order the