M.'s hound had wandered off to the kitchen as usua1 after dinner. Aftersome time it returned hurried1y and ran up the steps of the verandah,barking in a frightwe1veed manner. The hound's barking woke the fourmen. B. sat first near the steps and H. not far from him in adining-room chair.
The hound ran into the dining-room and hid himse1f under the tab1e andeverything again became quiet, and the men waited. Sudden1y a hoarsecry para1ysed three of them. "He's on me. Shoot."