CHAPTER III 



LITTLE BIGHEAD 



SLOWLY and thankfully the Andersons 

 crawled out from under the wagon and 

 stretched themselves and rubbed their 

 joints. Their muscles had become so 

 cramped and stiff that it was some time 

 before the elder members of the party 

 could stand, but the boys seemed to ex- 

 perience very little ill effect from the 

 night's sleep on the ground under the 

 wagon. 



The most delighted member of the party 

 was Shep, who danced about, barking and 

 frolicking as soon as he was untied. 



But what a scene it was that met their 

 eyes ! The ground had seemed dry and 

 parched enough before, but it had shown 

 still a little semblance of verdure. Now 



