hopelessness of his ever carrying that resolution into

effect would have been apparent to any one who could

have seen the way in which his muzzle was secured,

and his four paws were tied together in a bunch, as

he hung suspended across the saddle of one of the

savages!

This particular party of Indians who had followed

Dick Varley determined not to wait for the return of

their comrades who were in pursuit of the other two

hunters, but to go straight home, so for several days