Part 40 (1/2)

”Where have they gone?”

”They started thisfor the top of old Thundercap,” said the sheep raiser ”They will be back by to-lishman, joyfully, and translated what had been said to Dave and Roger

”Back to-an to beat rapidly

”I wish they'd coht I can hardly wait”

The sheep raiser was questioned further, and told them the party wasa Norwegian guide named Bjornhof He said they had a nuold and silver and other precious ested Roger

”If they are, I fancy they will be disappointed,” answered Granbury Lapham ”Norway has been pretty well explored for minerals and the best of the ion doesn't look as if it had been explored very much,”

returned Dave ”It's about as wild and prier acco some supplies There was, to be sure, plenty of mutton, but anted to eat that all the time?

”I don't mind lamb,” said the senator's son ”But , is another matter”

”Which puts me in mind of a story, as Shadow Ha houseas going to have a number of her husband's friends to dinner, and her husband told her to get a big leg of la of lae one I think you had better give it to me from a lamb four or five years old'”

”And that puts me in mind of another,” answered the senator's son ”A country boy went to town and there saw a circus parade including two caot back hoht, but he thought it was a sha-necked, hump-backed cows!”

The sheep raiser told the party were in excellent health He said one of the men resembled Dave very much, and smiled broadly when told the man was the lad's father When Granbury Lapham added that the two had not met since Dave was a little fellow, the sheep raiser opened his eyes wide in astonishment

”'Tis like a fairy tale,” said he, and then told them several fairy tales he had heard when a boy He was an uneducated ly simple, and the fairy tales were, consequently, very wonderful to hiine such a o,”

observed Roger ”How his eyes would open and hoould stare!”

”If you told hi cities he wouldn't believe you,” answered Dave ”I once started to tell one of those natives of the South Sea Islands about the Brooklyn Bridge and when I pointed out how long it was, and said it hung in mid-air, he shook his head and walked away, and I know he thought I was either telling a lie or was crazy”

The day passed slowly, especially to Dave, who could scarcely wait for the hour to arrive when his father should co that would be! It made the tears stand in his eyes to think about it

”Dear, dear father!” heto love each other very, very much!”

CHAPTER XXVI

DAYS OF WAITING

With the co up, and by ten o'clock it was blowing a gale The wind caused the house to rock and groan, and for the travelers sound sleep was out of the question The e, however, had experienced such a condition of affairs before and did not appear to reat winds here at times,” he said to Granbury Lapham ”Once the top of the house was blown off and sailed away down into the valley”