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Wallie had a pan of biscuit which he had intended for dinner but he concealed his reluctance and ht in; I'll get you so"

"First rate!" declared Mr Reed with disheartening enthusiasm as Wallie placed the biscuit, butter, and ain to see food--his, at least--disappear with such rapidity and in such quantities When they had finished there was not a crumb left in the pan to tell what had been, and Rufus added to Wallie's feeling of apprehension by declaring gaily as he polished his mouth on the bandanna which he drew from his hip pocket with a flourish: "Us Reeds are all hearty eaters We can eat a sheep at a settin' e're all together"

Biscuit- was Wallie's special antipathy, and he now solaced hiht that since they had eaten so many, they would eat less for dinner and he would have plenty of the fresh ones left for supper

But disappointht have cherished that once they ell filled up their appetites would diminish was dissipated by their performance at supper which surpassed that of dinner Theless than appalling In addition to which, he fried hary after devouring everything before therimly that if their capacity for as co in twenty-four hours But after observing theh thehe had a notion that he would have considerable more than that of their society

As they all sprawled on his bunk in a torpor while he washed their supper dishes, he felt not only consternation but a dislike for the Reed fa in their blankets, he lay awake calculating how long his provisions would last at such a rate of depletion

It did not sound soproposition" as when Rufus had hed in the darkness as he thought that there see and this already had the ear one of them

If they found water at the depth indicated by the divining rod, it ency confronting hi to do in the circumstances but await developments, so Wallie slept finally to dreah to which the Reeds came when he went to the door and called: "Soo-ee! Soo-ee!"