I was waked by the barking of a dog.

Raising my head and looking through the bushes, I found that the dog was barking at a black squirrel who was chattering on a limb almost directly above me.

A moment after, I heard a voice speaking to the dog, and soon saw a man with a gun in his hand, stealing through the wood.

He passed close to the stumps, where I lay trembling with terror lest he should discover me.

He kept his eye however upon the tree, and raising his gun, fired.