"I wish my ears were as sharp as yours are, Wolf; there would be no fear then of being caught asleep.

Come on, old boy, let us go and meet them." It was some minutes after he reached the edge of the swamp before the boy could hear the sounds which the quick ears of the hound had detected.

Then he heard a faint splashing noise, and a minute or two later two figures were seen wading through the water.
"Welcome back, father," the lad cried.

"I was beginning to be anxious about you, for here we are at the end of the fourth day." "I did not name any hour, Edmund," the boy's father said, as he stepped from the water, "but I own that I did not reckon upon being so late; but in truth Egbert and I missed our way in the windings of these swamps, and should not have been back to-night had we not luckily fallen upon a man fishing, who was able to put us right.

You have got some supper, I hope, for Egbert and I are as hungry as wolves, for we have had nothing since we started before sunrise." "I have plenty to eat, father; but you will have to wait till it is cooked, for it was no use putting it over the fire until I knew that you would return; but there is a good fire, and you will not have to wait long.