Tho hour, drag.p d veitlly by. and-wl .m by
appointment one morning iwo days later the
"sto’ bought" num returned to cross, ho found
Chuuk n( tlie landing waiting for him.
• • • • • •.
Eh! Chunk mils’ bo alter some mo' gco«p,"
said Tom, when he had prepared dinner.
"Itockon some er ther traps is outer, fix an'
Chunk ain' pointer leave ’em till
•ho gits ’em tight. Shu's er mighty
hard un t. . turn down when
•besets her head an' her head is mighty nigh
•luays sot. Somelimes when wo go ter ther
traps ti rgether un’ linds ’em to up, and
works it <ni till'bout dinner time, 1 says:
•Chunk dad blame it nil, I’m hungry, levs
An'she'll s.iy: 'Wai, you ken quit of
yer wants tor, but I'm gwlm ter tlx the fetched
thing 'fo' 1 stop.' When slui say that, lilts
•Knty bar tlier do', then, for she's gw meter
do it. '
With this satisfactory solution of tho non
•ppeai.mco of Ids wife, Tom spread a quilt on
the liner between tho two doors of h’s cabin
where he could catch tlie cool river breezes
•nd gave himself to sleep.
When ho awoke his companion bad not re
turned, and closing the cabin dtair behind him
he walked down to the boat landing. Ti e
boat was gone and Chunk was now hole to be
•ecu.
He went up tho river and down the river,
vainly straining his eye., across the broad ex
panse of water to catch a glimpse of his com
panion, but tho only mm mg objects vi-ib’.e
were the wave..
Evening came. Ho quickened ills p:u o hur
rying here and yonder with uneasy Ls-tstops.
