so. Of this we feel quite certain. He would have been

unworthy the title of hero if he hadn't. Perchance he

thought of Grumps, but of this we are not quite so sure.

We rather think, upon the whole, that he did.

Dick, too, let his thoughts run away in the direction

of

home

. Sweet word! Those who have never left it

cannot, by any effort of imagination, realize the full import

of the word "home." Dick was a bold hunter; but