CHAPTER XII 



William is Attacked by a Wild Boar 



"The bacon can't last very much longer," said 

 Edna at breakfast one morning, "and I don't know 

 what we shall do when it is gone; I cook almost ev- 

 erything with it. I reckon I could use cocoanut- 

 oil if there was any way to make it, but bacon is so 

 much better. Think of corn-cakes, or fish, or mush- 

 rooms without bacon ! " 



"The woods are full of pigs," replied William, 

 "and it ought to be an easy matter to trap them. 

 Leave that to me. If I can trap rabbits, I can trap 

 pigs; they are so much greedier." 



He worked all day at his trap and, about night- 

 fall, took it up into the woods and baited it with an 

 ear of corn. After breakfast next morning, Edna 

 waved him a goodbye and wished him luck. At 

 dinner he had not returned, so she sent Henry to 

 look for him, while a vague fear crept over her that 

 something unusual and serious had happened. 



After hunting about in the forest for some time, 

 Henry heard a far-off shout in answer to his own 

 and ran joyfully in that direction. William had 



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