of 



reviving in my hands, he showed but little ex- 

 citement, and when my hands opened he pushed 

 himself off as though to dive to the earth ; but 

 he skimmed and swung upward, landing against 

 a tree-trunk about twenty feet distant. Up this 

 he at once began to skate and sidle, exploring 

 away as though nothing had happened and I 

 were only a stump. 



