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Updated: May 2, 2025
And as I regarded him with fascinated horror, there came upon his heavy gray face a look of dawning comprehension. And I heard Snap's startled intake of breath. He moved to the spectro, where the zed-ray connections were still humming. But, with a leap, Miko flung him away. "Off with you! Moa, watch him! Haljan, don't move!" Again Miko stood staring. I saw now that he was staring at Anita!
The two boys continued to fish, both before lunch and after, and when they finally wound up their lines they had nine perch, two chub and two pickerel -certainly a very respectable haul. "That means fish for both supper and breakfast," was Snap's comment. "They'll taste fine, too, coming right out of the water."
"Dar dey is Flossie an' Freddie an' Nan an' Bert. An' Snap's out wif 'em, too. Why don't yo' go out an' jine de party?" But Snoop seemed to like it better by the warm fire. He didn't want to "jine" any party, as Dinah called it. Snoop didn't like snow or water.
Over Snap's place was the name "Newmarch;" and Lily said, "Why, that's where mamma gets her hard gingerbread, and Weber's is where we go for ice- cream. Do you make cake for them?" "Yes, but no one knows it. It's one of the secrets of the trade. We cook for all the confectioners, and people think the good things come out of the cellars under their saloons. Good joke, isn't it?"
"Let's look in there," he said. "See, there is a vest on the ground in front of it!" "Be careful -the chimpanzee may be dangerous!" warned Snap. They hurried forward, with eyes and ears on the alert. Giant looked into the opening. "No monkey here," he announced. "But he has been here. Look!" And much to Snap's delight he held up the missing camera.
There were a great many things to take into consideration, but in the main Snap's idea was voted a good one, and the sleds were brought to the spot and the axe and hatchet gotten. "Giant, you bring up that camp-fire," said Snap. We'll want it here later. Bring all those half-burnt logs, too, so that we'll have plenty of firewood."
The doctor's son was the only person capable, just then, of using a gun, and having no weapon of his own he grabbed Snap's and blazed away. Whether he hit a snake or not he could not tell. There was a hissing and rustling among the torn away vines, and when the smoke of the discharge cleared away the snakes were no longer to be seen. "Ugh! what -a -a thing t -to happen!" said Giant with a shiver.
"Hi! hi! good dog! at him!" shouted Tom, trying to incite the dog to seize the object, whatever it might be. Snap's eyes sparkled and he ran forwards, but as quickly drew back again, with every sign of intense fear. At the same moment a mingled sound, as of the rattling of dried peas and hissing, was heard from the spot.
As we know, he was a good deal of a coward at heart, and the sight of the shotgun in Snap's hands made him quake. "Don't shoot me!" he whined. "Please don't shoot me!" And he held up his hands in token of submission. "So you are the pesky rascal the lads was a-tellin' me about," said Aaron Masterson, sternly. "Nice doin's, I must say!"
"Almost like a dream," Nan said, and I think she was quite right. "Where's my basket?" Flossie asked, after they had ridden on for about an hour. "Do you want to see if Snap is in it this time?" her father jokingly inquired. "Snap's too big to get in my basket," Flossie answered. "He's a big dog. But I want to get some of the cookies Dinah gave me. I'm hungry."
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