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prised and delighted him, while we vainly 

 questioned him for an explanation of his de- 

 sertion of us for the night. It was of no use. 

 We could see that he had not been running, 

 but where had he been ? We gave it up. 



Julius said his troubled night had left him 

 without much appetite for work ; but the man 

 who was helping him would be there, so he 

 thought it best to go over to the building, 

 anyway. 



He surprised me by returning almost imme- 

 diately. His face was lighted up and his eyes 

 were dancing. 



"I came back to tell you where Bruno slept 

 last night," he exclaimed. " You can't guess ! ' 



"No," I answered; "I have already given 

 it up." 



" He went back to watch those tools I left 

 over at the building. He dug himself a nest 

 right beside them, drawing the edge of my old 

 coat around for his pillow. The prints are all 

 there as plain as can be ! ' 



We were amazed and delighted at this per- 

 formance ; the reasoning seemed so human. 

 He had watched Julius arranging and leaving 

 the tools, the while making up his own mind 

 that it was an unwise thing to do, and evi- 



