150 THE ADIRONDACK. 



brain, had the powder but ignited. I immediately 

 stepped forward with considerable alertness, though 

 not without reflecting on the wonderful power elec- 

 tricity and magnetism exerted over the human sys- 

 tem, especially under such circumstances. 



I at length reached the hut, with a head burst- 

 ing with pain; and, throwing myself on the floor, 

 begged most piteously for a morsel of bread. I had 

 been fourteen hours without food, and most of the 

 time undergoing the severest toil. That night was 

 one of pain to me, and as I turned on my rude bed, 

 I felt that for once I had '' paid too dear for the 

 whistle." 



Yours truly. 



