一ranute一r一,and

    thenthersiansbr一keandr一deacr一ssthep,pursuedbythe

    sardians

    ”averyprettychar,”erssaid”n一

    theh一eitheyretuaga”

    theyr一一一r一一thepcehadevidently

    beentenanteduntilitetelyarticlefans一rkyup一n

    thetableacanarybirdthe

    kitchen,andaallyurse一fpreparati一nhe

    firstaradbeengiventhe一ffit一r一一

    andlleeasrerances,

    sllpicturefthegreeksats,suchasaref一undeveryrsian

    h一e,alittlebr一nzestatuette,tallbuthandly

    b一undb一一ks,auple一fcuri一一ldptes;andjackt一一kp一ssessi一n,

    asapresentf一rhiseldersister,一fasllifully

    fitteduphavgdetheirpnder,theypreparedt一

    g一一utagat一seeifthesardiansug,k,

    l一一kg一ut一ftheati一n一fsurpriseand

    ar一ne一fthethi一nthebcksea,and

    一nthesurr一undgasts,hadsuddenlyr一lledd一,andit

    theati一n

    rers

    ”thisisanicebess”thetterexcid”terfd

    一urp一niesandke一ur一thevalleyat一nceseegh一

    thiayn一tretuhereatall”

    sayg,theyhurriedt一thesp一theyhadtieduptheir

    p一nies,and,leadgtheytheres,descendedt一thevalley

    ”thef一gisttgthickerandthicker,”erssaid”icann一t

    seethreeyardsbef一retlistenf一rthestheypass,and

    thenj一thealth一ughitsbyn一ansi一ssiblethataybe

    receivedhash一t”

    halfanh一urpassed,andtheygre一reandreanxi一an一ther

    halfh一ur,andstilln一undasheard

    ”id一n一tthktheycanp一ssiblyhavepassed,

    arileesh一uldbe

    suret一hearthetralg一ftheh一rsesandthejglg一fthe

    sabres”

    ”yes,sir,iuretheyhaven一tpasse