STUMPS AND DUMPS. — FULLER's. 85 



was the occasiou of this uncomfortable cominotioD, but it 

 was enoui^h to make us all doubl}^ strain our e3^es the 

 remainder of the journej^ in watching for further offending 

 stumps. 



We were glad and tired, when, at ten o'clock, we drew 

 up at a little log-house, all in darkness, on a lake shore, and 

 the driver shouted in cheerful accents, "Here we are!" 

 We were just in time, too, for in a few minutes the rain 

 poured down upon the roof in torrents, and the night took 

 on an inkier l)lackness. Our host, Fuller, speedil}' provided 

 supper for his hungry guests, and without much ado we 

 climbed up stairs and into our comfortable beds. 



