268 OLD JAKE IN THE CAMP. 



quiries as to his adventures. We need not recapitulate 

 these ; but we may observe that they lost nothing of 

 excitement when detailed by the garrulous old fellow, 

 who relished nothing so much as " reelin' off his dohVs " 

 to an attentive audience, while satisfying an appetite 

 which seemed well-nigh insatiable. 



