Why the chap didn't send a piece of cold lead into each of our bread-baskets is more nor I can tell.

It would've sarved us both right." "P'raps thim tracks there was made fornenst the night, and that it's ourselves that was not here first." "Don't yer s'pose I know all about _that_ ?" demanded the trapper, savagely.

"Them tracks was made not more'n three or four hours ago." As he spoke.

Tim turned and followed it a rod or two, and then, as he came back, said: "If I had the time I'd foller it; but it goes just t'other way from what I want to go.

I think like 'nough it leads to the village that you want to find; so if yer'd like one of 'em to introduce yer to the rest on 'em, drive ahead and make his acquaintance.