It was not until about an hour after the sun rose that I heard any out-door movements about the house.

As soon as I heard those movements, I was satisfied there was but one man about the house, and that he was preparing to go some distance to work for the day.

This was fortunate for me; the busy movements about the yard, and especially the active preparations in the house for breakfast, silenced my unwelcome little annoyer, the fice, until after the man had gone, when he commenced afresh, and continued with occasional intermissions through the day.

He made regular sallies from the house to the barn, and after smelling about, would fly back to the house, barking furiously; thus he strove most skilfully throughout the entire day to raise an alarm.

There seemed to be no one about the house but one or two small children and the mother, after the man was gone.