might roll himself and put down his lips to drink when

the water should rise high enough. Impatiently and

anxiously he lay watching the moisture slowly accumulate

in the bottom of the hole, drop by drop, and while

he gazed he fell into a troubled, restless slumber, and

dreamed that Crusoe's return was a dream, and that he

was alone again, perishing for want of water.

When he awakened the hole was half full of clear

water, and Crusoe was lapping it greedily.

"Back, pup!" he shouted, as he crept down to the