He did not know what he would do to Lester and Bob if he caught them in the act of trying to steal the quails; that was a point on which he could not make up his mind until something happened to suggest an idea to him.
While he was sitting in his place of concealment, thinking busily, he heard a rustling in the bushes and looked up to see one of Don's hounds approaching.
In the days gone by, before Dan became such a rascal as he was now, he had often accompanied Don and Bert on their 'coon and 'possum hunting expeditions, and the old dogs in the pack were almost as well acquainted with him as they were with their master.

Bose recognised him at once, and appeared to be glad to see him.
"I want you to stay here with me till it comes dark, ole feller," said Dan, patting the animal's head.

(He never kicked the hounds, as he did the pointer.

He knew better.) "If them fellers comes we'll make things lively fur 'em.

You hear me ?" Dan waited almost twelve hours before he had an opportunity to carry out the plan he had so suddenly formed.