The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-10-22
CHAPTER xxlv.-con.Inued.

After partaking of some coffee, ba-
con and bread they stretched them
selves out and fell asleep. The earliest
sign Of day found them awake and
much refreshed. The first thing Mike
said was:
81 had a divil Of a dream, Tommy.
/ dreamed l saw a man goin' down the
other side o. the stream with lantern
in his hand, and he had a dog with
him. The dog barked and the man
! think he was old. from the sound o
his voice-talked to him just like he
was a man, ito. Then the old codger
turned into the bushes and disap-
peared. The dog kept barkin' and
barkin' till 1t sounded like 1t was
miles away. / think woke up. but
I'm not sure about It,"
whats the old saying about dream.
ing the first night In a new bedg'
laughed Jerry.
It's a sign the dream comes true,
answered Mike; "but | don't want
this one to come true. That dog was
a big divil. and the man looked all in
a hump. ! don't remember what kind
of a face he had, hut 1t must a been
q dandy TO wake me up"
After breakfast they started out on
a tour of investigation. Jerry going
down the stream in the boat and Mike
picking his way up along the bank. On
his return to the camp Jerry kept on
the other side of the river He was
nearing the camp when he noticed an
opening in the underbrush. He
grounded the skin and went up to It
He was surprised to find fresh foot
prints in the soggy soil. Going into
the bushes he found a well-worn path
He did not venture far. but fastened
back to the camp, which Mike had
reached a few minutes before. His
excited manner brought Mike to i'm
mediate attention.
Mike O'Connor," said Jerry, IN
bet you didn't have a dream last
night"
Mike simply stared.
you did see a man and a dog. II
stake my life on IT,"
How do you know. Tommy"
Where was 1t the man disap
peared?"
Right over there" answered Mike
pointing in the direction Of the open
ing In the bushes.
Then, that's where you saw a rea
man and a real dog go. | found ar
opening and a path right there. and II
the path were fresh prints of man'i
bare feet and a dogs feet There II
somebody else around this locality
Mr.. Michael Aloysius O'Connor. Blu
who in thunder can il be? Wh'
could be going around bare-footed will
a dog? Surely. not Andre or Felipe
and / don't think II could be Riaz
There are too many burrs and rock
along the bank for anybody with tn
price OF a pair Of shoes to be goinl
bare-footed."
eShall we investigated" asked Mike
"Of course, but we must be might
careful. IL may be that one of thos
gangs the copper was telling us abou
has its headquarters around here. an
n we ever stumbled on 10 II, II woul
all be on with two fellows I'm az
ouainted with. What have you TO sul
gest?"
well, afore we follow up that path,
said Mike, I'VE might climb up tn
cliffs and see II we can locate an
tents or shacks from distance. w
might be able 10 get a line that wa!
Then. II we can't see anything u
there. wen simply have TO take
chance and pick our way along tha
path till II brings us somewhere
another. And we might as wen star
right away" 40,
Half an hour later Jerry and NH
were climbing the cliffs on the othe
side of the stream. but. although the
got a good view OF the land the