bigger dan dis vorld?"

Joe snored lightly, and his pipe fell out of his

mouth at this point, so the conversation dropped.

Presently Dick asked in a low tone, "I say, Henri,

are ye asleep?"

"Oui," replied Henry faintly. "Don't speak, or you

vill vaken me."

"Ah, Crusoe! you're not asleep, are you, pup?" No

need to ask that question. The instantaneous wag of

that speaking tail and the glance of that wakeful eye,