CHAPTER XIV.
SOME DISCOVERIES.
David would have been glad to reason with his father, but he had not been allowed the opportunity, and now it was too late to find one.
His first thought was of the pointer.

Giving the animal a hasty kick, to start him on his way home, David sought to save himself by flight, although he had little hope of success.

Everybody said he was a swift runner for a boy of his age, and he did his best now, but fast as he went, Godfrey gained at every step.

David heard his heavy footfalls growing louder and more distinct, and once or twice he lost all heart, and was on the point of stopping and surrendering at discretion.

But he knew that the beating he would receive would be a most severe one, and he was sure he did not deserve it, and that his father had no business to give it to him.