His wife, also, seemed to partake of this buoyancy, for her eyes fairly sparkled as he glanced from side to side.

All at once Teddy ceased paddling and pointed to the left shore.

Following the direction of his finger, Richter saw, standing upon the bank in full view, the tall, spare figure of the strange hunter.

He seemed occupied in watching them, and was as motionless as the tree-trunks behind him--so motionless, indeed, that it required a second scrutiny to prove that it really was not an inanimate object.

The intensity of his observation prevented him from observing that Teddy had raised his rifle from the canoe.