Back! Watch camp'" when he essayed to join them as they set forth with rods over their shoulders for a half-day's fishing; or as, armed with guns, they whistled up the bored but worthy setter for a shooting trip.

But, for the most, Lad was close at their sides, during these two wonderful weeks.

And he was very happy.
Once, during a solitary ramble, before the humans had awakened in the morning, Lad caught an odd scent; and followed it for a quarter mile down the mountainside.

It waxed stronger and ranker.

At last, a turn around a high boulder brought him face to face with its source.