his honest breast, and, sooth to say, it had not a large

place in that of his master either, as we may well grant

when we consider that this first display of it was on the

occasion of his hunter's soul having at last realized its

brightest day-dream.

Dick's dangers and triumphs seemed to accumulate

on him rather thickly at this place, for on the very

next day he had a narrow escape of being killed by a

deer. The way of it was this.

Having run short of meat, and not being particularly