"I hope I shall feel up to it." "Whoever the fellow is," said Gregory, as they passed along the verandah a few minutes later, "he has evidently seen better days.

Poor beggar, I wonder where he's been, and what he has been up to ?" "We shall soon find out," Dempsey answered.

"All he said when we fished him out of the water was '_at last_,' and then he fainted clean away.

I am not more curious than my neighbours, but I don't mind admitting that I am anxious to hear what he has to say for himself.

Talk about Rip Van Winkle, why, he is not in it with this fellow.