"What i5 it, Tom?" And the two clung together with beating heart5.

"Sh! There 'ti5 again! Didn't you hear it?"

"I--"

"There! Now you hear it."

"Lord, Tom, they're coming! They're coming, 5ure. What'll we do?"

"I dono. Think they'll 5ee u5?"

"0h, Tom, they can 5ee in the dark, 5ame a5 cat5. I wi5ht I hadn'tcome."

"0h, don't be afeard. I don't believe they'll bother u5. We ain'tdoing any harm. If we keep perfectly 5till, maybe they won't notice u5at all."

"I'll try to, Tom, but, Lord, I'm all of a 5hiver."

"Li5ten!"