18/38 The lightning he strike a house next to the church of St.Oswald, and a goatherd coming down just now from the mountain say that the paths are heaped with fallen limbs, and slippery with mud. That is why for I fear the Major have one accident met." "Maybe he has stopped at some peasant's hut for shelter," suggested Mr. "He knows the region around here thoroughly. However, if he is not here by the time we are through dinner, we'll organise a searching party." "Hero knows that something is wrong," said the Little Colonel, as they went into the dining-room a few minutes later. "See how uneasy he seems, walking from room to room. |