2A DICK SAVDS, THE BOY CAPTAIX.

attack of fc^-er. The shclter of a large thicket had just becn sclccted by Dick as a suitable resting-place for the ni^ht, whcn Tom, who was assîsting in the necessaiy préparations, suddenly gave a cr>' of horrer. " What i5 ît, Tom ? " asked Dick ver>- calmly. " Look ! look at thèse trecs ! they are spattered wîth bUx^d ! and look hère ! hcre are hands, men*s hands, eut oflf and lying on the ground !" " What ? " cricd Dick, and în an instant was at his sîde. His présence of mind did not fail him ; he whispered, — " Hush ! Tom ! hush ! not a word ! " But it was wîth a shudder that ran through his veins that hc witnessed for himself the mutilated fragments of several human bodics, and saw, lying beside them, some broken forks, and some bits of iron chain. The sî;:^ht of the gory remaîns made Dingo bark ferociously, and Dick, who was most anxious that Mrs. Wcldon's attention should not be called to the discovery, hc'id the fjreatcst difficulty in driving him back ; but fortunatcly the lady's mind was so engrosscd wîth her patient, that she did not observe the commotion. Harrîs stood aloof; there was no one to notice the change that passed over his countenance, but the expression was almost diabolical in its malignity. Poor old Tom himself seemed perfectly spell-bound. With his hands clenched, his eyes dilated, and his breast hcavinj^ with émotion, he kept repeating without anything like cohérence, the words, — " r'orks ! chaîns ! forks ! . . . long ago . . . remember , . . too wcll . . . chains !" Vox Mrs. Weldon's sake, Tom, hold your tongue!" Dick implorcd him. Tom, hcnvcvcr, was full with some remembrance of the past ; he continued to repeat, — " Long ago . . . forks , . . chaîns !" untîl Dîck led him ont of hearing. A frcsh halting-place was chosen a short distance further on, and supper was prepared. But the meal was left almost untasted ; not so much that hunger had been overcome by