t of retiring and rising early. They were ardent believers in the saying of Poor Ri

the pillow. The mother remained by the fire some time after the boys withdrew. Her small white fingers flitted hither back and forth, while her mild brown eyes seemed to look beyond the flashing needles, and into the glowin

was growing, and she trembled when she recalled that he was soon to start on another excursion into t

wind blew strongly, sometimes with a power which caused the strongest trees to bow their heads to the blast. As

it appeared above the horizon. The boys were in high spirits over the beaut

ng his lips and shaking his head. "I feel it in my bo

ose only discomfort was his exceeding

re going to succeed is simply his pleasure over the prospect of a ramble in the woods. We w

tasted in twenty-four hours. They were shocked, and both took him to task for his failure to make known the truth the evening before. He made

ing; but when she learned how the poor fellow had been made to suffer with hunger her feelings changed. It was hard to repress her indignation, and she made up her mind to talk to the cruel folks as they had never been talked to before;

nd a determined expression; "Otto doesn't comes back till he

dow Carleton), his father and mother were eating their breakfast. They looked surlily at him as

Toby that

? I tried hard to find him again, and had it not been f

u brought him with you?" demanded the father, glarin

last night, when it was so dark and stormy. I

y, but before the question could be debated Otto had flung the powder-horn over his shoulders, adjusted the bullet-pou

e breakfast

ou shall not have a mouthful under my roof

lad was indignant enough to reply: "I've had one mea

could rally from the unparalleled

mother good-by several times and he repeated the fond embrace. Tears were in the eyes of both, and the mother stood in

Martin shook hands with them, and asked all the particulars of the business on which they were engaged. His age

and the colonel smiled g

come upon another. Take my advice, however," added the colonel with a wink of his

k we mean to steal a horse!"

tlement hastened to say, "I don't believe you could be pers

tances," exclaimed Jack, his face flushing over the idea that

tepping in front of them, "you tell me you are going a

not get one

then do you propo

tto's father, is wandering in

he is?" interru

oing so only a

ians hunt through this portion of Louisiana, and they would be much quicker than you to observe the trail of a horse wearing an iron shoe; they

lp which they were certain to need. Should he fail to do so, they could no more recapture and take the colt to his own

and, while Jack was asking himself whether he should linger long enough to explain the situation, the gent

of work there is to do in clearing the ground and getting it ready for cultivation; you would much rather be hunting and rambling through the woods; I can't

el gave the boys a vigorous shove which sent them