"If there's a marten around he'll catch it." It was dark when they reached The Jug.

Margaret and David were quite excited when they heard the story of the adventure, and mighty pleased with its ending.
"'Twere a stray pack," said David, "and they were hungry.

Pop had a pack come at he that way once, but they just took one of the dogs and ran off." A wonderful Christmas they had at The Jug that year.

Doctor Joe had no end of surprises stowed away in mysterious boxes that he had brought from New York and deposited in his old cabin at Break Cove.

He and David brought them over with the dogs on Christmas eve, and on Christmas morning they were opened.
The one disappointment of the day was the failure of Thomas to be with them.