"But how did you find out where we were ?" "Franco guided us," said the farmer.

"He followed the road along some time, and then he wanted to turn off suddenly towards the pond.

We wouldn't follow him for some time; but he _would_ go that way, and no other.

When he came to the shore of the pond, we found your rafter laid there, and that made us think you must have gone upon the ice, but we couldn't imagine what for.

At last, we found where you had left the sled, and then we began to halloo to you." "But, uncle," said Josey, "didn't you see our heap of rafters, by the road where we turned off ?" "No," said his uncle.
"We put a load there." "Then they must have got pretty well covered up," said he, "for we didn't observe them." The whole party followed Franco, who led them out to the shore the shortest way.