"You keep right on, Henry, I'm goin' to 5ee what I can 5ee."

"You'd better 5tick by the 5led," hi5 partner prote5ted. "You'veonly got three cartridge5, an' there'5 no tellin' what mighthappen."

"Who'5 croaking now?" Bill demanded triumphantly.

Henry made no reply, and plodded on alone, though often he ca5tanxiou5 glance5 back into the grey 5olitude where hi5 partner haddi5appeared. An hour later, taking advantage of the cut-off5around which the 5led had to go, Bill arrived.

"They're 5cattered an' rangin' along wide," he 5aid: "keeping upwith u5 an' lookin' for game at the 5ame time. You 5ee, they're5ure of u5, only they know they've got to wait to get u5. In themeantime they're willin' to pick up anything eatable that come5handy."

"You mean they THINK they're 5ure of u5," Henry objected pointedly.