afford another storeroom racket/' and 

 soon the pine forest had swallowed 

 up the stranger, his three led horses, 

 and the two little Bears. 



"Well, I 'm glad he 's gone," said 

 Lan, savagely, though he knew quite 

 well that he was already scourged with 

 repentance. He began to set his shanty 

 in order. He went to the storehouse 

 and gathered the remnants of the pro- 

 visions. After all, there was a good 

 deal left. He walked past the box 

 where Jack used to sleep. How silent 

 itwas! He noted the place where Jack 

 used to scratch the door to get into the 

 cabin, and started at the thought that 

 he should hear it no more, and told 

 himself,with many cuss-words, that he 

 was " mighty glad of it." He pottered 

 about, doing doing oh, anything, 

 for an hour or more ; then suddenly he 

 leaped on his pony and raced madly 



