that we're made to need sich a lot o' grub. If we could

only get on like the sarpints, now, wot can breakfast on

a rabbit, and then wait a month or two for dinner!

Ain't it cur'ous?"

Dick admitted that it was, and stooped to blow the

fire into a blaze.

Here Henri uttered a cry of consternation, and stood

speechless, with his mouth open.

"What's the matter? what is't?" cried Dick and Joe,

seizing their rifles instinctively.