Part 35 (2/2)

Then Clive went down the ladder a little distance, far enough down so that by bending, his head was below the upper floor Then he took his hat and hurled it with all his ots

Then he went up again

But the wild boar did not move

Thereupon David went down, and he went a little lower He took his hat, and uttering a hideous yell, he threith all his force at the fagots

But even this failed to alarm the wild boar David stood for a moment after this bold deed and listened The only satisfaction that he had was the sound of a low, corunt, that seemed to show that the present situation was one which was rather enjoyed than otherwise by this formidable, this indomitable, this invincible beast

They came back to the s in despair, and by this tiuide He was looking up anxiously towards them

”Look here,” said he; ”that uide thinks the only way to get at him is to smoke him out The only trouble is about you Will the smoke bother yon, do you think?”

”I don't know,” said Clive

”Can you stop up the opening?”

”No”

”Can you keep your heads oat of the s?”

”We'll try But I wish you'd only thought of bringing a ladder, so as to get us out first, before shtfully ”But neverback for one, because, you see, we'll have you out of that long before a ladder could be brought here”

It was only by yelling at the top of their voices that they were able to make themselves heard by one another, for the crowd behind the house still kept up their yells, and knockings, and thus, and waited to hear that the wild boar had fled As the time passed without any such news, they were only stimulated to fresh efforts, and howled ly

”There's an aaste of energy and power about here, soetting at that wretched beast, without all this nonsense Here we are,--I don't kno many of us, but the whole population of a town, at any rate, against one,--and what's worse, we don't seeone off a hi out a very brilliant idea that had just suggested itself to hi, the nature of which Frank could not quite ot there?” he asked ”What are you going to do?”

”Dey are all handkerchiefs”

”Handkerchiefs?”

”Yes; de handkerchiefs of de population of Albano Dey are as many as de days of de year”

”I should think so,” cried Frank, in a to do with the toto burn them up?”

”Dere is notin else to burn; so I must burn what I can See, I make a bundle of dese I set fire to dem Dey burn--dey smoke--and de boar smoke out Aha! he suffocate--he expire--he run!”

”Well, if that isn't the greatest idea I ever heard of!” cried Frank ”Handkerchiefs! Why, you must have hundreds of them in that bundle”