Through Forest and Fire - Wild-Woods Series No. 1 by Edward S. (Edward Sylvester) Ellis
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though you must promise to do as I say."
Without giving this pledge, the two said they would render all the help they could, and the party moved on down the creek toward the pond. "Have you a dog?" asked Nick of their new recruit. "No, what do I want of a dog? He would only be a bother; you ought to send back that pumpkin of yours." "We don't expect him to be of much help, except to find the track of the bear, if he is anywhere in the neighborhood--_there!_ do you hear that?" At that moment Bowser, who had trotted into the woods ahead, gave utterance to a hoarse, resounding bay, which sounded as though his voice had also changed, for it ended in a dismal squeaking howl that made all laugh. "He is on the track of something," said Nick in some excitement. "A rabbit, I am sure," remarked Herbert, with a sneer. The three started off at a rapid walk, which occasionally broke into a trot, and following the baying of the hound they turned to the right before reaching the big pond, and struck into the very heart of the woods. Herbert was so much taller and lighter than his companions that he drew away from them once or twice, but was obliging enough to stop and wait. |
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