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slabs together. " Yes," said Julius, " and boy 

 has to follow quickly, too ; if he gets behind, 

 he is no good. Soon learn to be quick. Now, 



my boy " and Julius was off into an 



anecdote of his boy's quickness. 



Soon Johannes was ready to come out. I 

 always knew when he was ready, because he 

 used to light his pipe ; and a weird and rather 

 pretty sight it was, to see the glow through 

 the snow walls, with all the joints and crevices 

 marked out because the snow was softer there 

 and let the light through. 



It was usually dark by the time the house 

 was ready. 



Johannes's sword poked out suddenly and 

 slashed a doorway in the wall, and the man 

 himself crawled out and made straight for the 

 sled. Then the dogs began to sit up. They 

 knew that feeding time was near. They were 

 usually quiet while the building was in pro- 

 gress, but the finishing of the work seemed 

 to wake them up. They began to whine and 

 prowl about, and Julius often had to show 

 them the whip to keep them in order. They 

 would collect into a bunch and sit on their 

 haunches, wistfully eyeing the preparations for 

 their supper, and uttering a queer whistling 

 sound. Julius needed only to trail the whip 

 lash behind him as he walked, and the dogs 



