Part 35 (2/2)

'I think,' said Archie, 'I have a theory that ht explain the mystery'

'What is it, then?'

'Well, that was no living figure '

'What! You don't host?'

'No, but a branch of that ghostly oht'

As he spoke they rounded the farthest off gable of the ruin, and there both stopped as suddenly as if shot Close beside the wall, with sorave!

'This is indeed strange,' said Dugald, re and dream; 'I cannot make it out'

'Nor can I However, we must make the best of it'

By the tiotten all about it

Only before lying down that night--

'I say, Archie,' said Dugald, 'why didn't we think of it?'

'Think of what?'

'Why, of putting Wolf the mastiff on the track If there have been Indians here he would have found them out'

'It will not be too late to-ald lay awake till it ht He tried to sleep, but failed, though he could tell fro Archie's repose It was a beautiful night outside, and the light from a full ood Wolf, as curled up on the floor; the other as shaded by the branches of the oht be in the valley beloay up here there was always a light breeze blowing, and to-night the whispering in the tree at tiald Several times he started and listened, and once he felt al outside Then again all sounds--if sounds there had been--ceased, and nothing was audible save the sighing wind in the o ombu-tree! He wondered if it really had some dark secret to whisper to hiht to reveal it

Hark, that was a sound this tiht-bird 'Chee-hee-ee! chee-hee-ee!' It was repeated farther up the hill But could the dog be deceived? Scarcely; and growling low as if in anger, Wolf had arisen and stood pointing towards the oald and Archie, seizing their revolvers and ju froure cross a patch of le

Both fired in the direction, but of course aireatest difficulty they succeeded in keeping the great dog fro into the bush

They were disturbed no ht quite banished their fears, though it could not dispel the rave

Indeed, they could even afford to joke a little over thein it, depend upon that,' said Dugald, as the two stood together looking into the hole

'There doesn't seely

'And I mean to probe it to the bottom'