BRUNO 27 



" Come on, Boonie ; now we 're going home." 



He seemed quite willing to go. I told him 

 good-by with a heart so light I could scarcely 

 believe it the same one I had felt to be such a 

 burden when I had set off for our walk two 

 hours earlier. I busied myself then preparing 

 a little supper against Julius's return ; for we 

 had not been able to eat since breakfast, and I 

 knew by my own feelings that Julius would 

 welcome the sight of a well-spread smoking 

 table ; and he said on his return that I " guessed 

 just right." 



He and Bruno had found the Nimrods very 

 much disturbed over their dog's disappearance. 

 Mr. Nimrod had just returned from an unsuc- 

 cessful search, and they were wondering what 

 to do next. They welcomed the wanderer, but 

 were concerned, too, that he had discovered our 

 dwelling-place. 



" 1 'm afraid we '11 have to keep him tied up 

 now," said Mr. Nimrod. 



Julius thought not, and said, 



u Now that he knows where we are, and can 

 come for a glimpse of us now and then, I 

 believe he '11 be better contented than he was 

 when he thought we 'd left the country." 



Better contented he certainly was, but he 



