By and by I says-- '"Why looky-here, Dick Allbright, that thing's a-gaining on us, I believe." 'He never said nothing.

The thing gained and gained, and I judged it must be a dog that was about tired out.

Well, we swung down into the crossing, and the thing floated across the bright streak of the moonshine, and, by George, it was bar'l.

Says I-- '"Dick Allbright, what made you think that thing was a bar'l, when it was a half a mile off," says I.Says he-- '"I don't know." Says I-- '"You tell me, Dick Allbright." He says-- '"Well, I knowed it was a bar'l; I've seen it before; lots has seen it; they says it's a haunted bar'l." 'I called the rest of the watch, and they come and stood there, and I told them what Dick said.

It floated right along abreast, now, and didn't gain any more.