But that was the point to be decided; and both felt for the moment as if the life of their brother hung upon its decision.

No wonder, then, that they watched every manoeuvre of the hound with breathless anxiety while they sat, motionless and silent, in their saddles.
The hound after a while ran off from the feathers; and was seen once more to double and circle over the ground.

He did not go freely.

He was evidently baffled by so many trails approaching and crossing each other.

Again he came back to the spot where the turkey had been killed, and there paused with a howl of disappointment! Basil and his brother uttered a simultaneous exclamation, that betokened painful feelings.