called at his place that evening and 

 passed the night with him. Jack was 

 in his most frolicsome mood and 

 amused them both with tricks half- 

 puppy and half-monkey like, and in the 

 morning, when the stranger was leav- 

 ing, he said: "Say, pard, I '11 give you 

 twenty-five dollars for the pair." Lan 

 hesitated, thought of the wasted pro- 

 visions, his empty purse, his broken 

 rifle, and answered : " Make it fifty and 

 it's a go." 



" Shake on it." 



So the bargain was made, the money 

 paid, and in fifteen minutes the stranger 

 was gone with a little Bear in each 

 pannier of his horse. 



Jill was surly and silent; Jack kept 

 up a whining that smote on Lan's 

 heart with a reproachful sound, but 

 he braced himself with, " Guess 

 they 're better out of the way ; could n't 



