ATTACKED IN FRONT AND REAR. 



a few hours more will be all I can need for some time to come, though," he added 

 with a laugh, looking at the others, "Jack and Jim and Jo ought to be able to keep 

 their eyes open for a week to come." 



The natives were always ready to obey orders, and they expressed a wish to go 

 on guard, but Dick thanked them and said he would wait until the next night, when 

 he would probably give them all they wanted of that business. 



The horses were brought so near that they were in plain sight and within the 

 circle of light thrown out by the fire that was kept burning vigorously. Before the 

 natives sank in slumber, they gathered enough wood to last until daylight, a 

 comparatively easy task, since there was an abundance of fuel all around them. 



The warmth of the night was such that the heat of the flames added nothing to 

 the comfort of our friends, who would have found it much more pleasant to stretch 

 themselves on the bare ground, but for the danger to which I have referred. 



The glare of the fire brought innumerable insects from the jungle, and they 

 swarmed about the flames, thousands of them falling victims, like so many moths, 



to their own recklessness. Now and 

 then, the cry of some wild animal re- 

 sounded among the trees, but the party 

 were so accustomed to such noises that 

 they caused them no disturbance and 

 'interfered not the least with their slum- 

 ! ber. Dick lay as near the fire as he 

 | could with comfort, his back being 

 turned toward it. He was tired from 

 | the exertions of the day, which, you will 

 : agree, were enough in their way to fur- 

 nish a veteran hunter with material for 

 an indefinite number of reminiscences. 

 But fortunately we are so constituted 

 I that we can become used to almost any- 

 thing, and the youth saw nothing in 

 'what had befallen him since coming to 

 India that was remarkable, except in 

 the one fact that he had been extremely 

 fortunate and a kind heaven seemed to 

 have had him in its kindly keeping. 

 Dick, like the manly fellow that he was, 

 realized that fact and did not fail always 

 to give thanks to the beneficent Power 



CRESTED HAWK PARROT. 



that had shielded him from all harm. 



"What time is it, Mr. Godkin?" inquired Dick Brownell, stretching his limbs. 

 "Just one o'clock," replied the director, replacing his watch. 

 14 You ought to have called me before." 



