CHAPTER XXVI.

AN UNWELCOME COMRADE.

"He's in a bad way, that's certain," was Dick's comment, as he surveyed the prostrate form. Even though Jasper Grinder was an enemy, he could not help but feel sorry for the man.

"We must get him up to our shelter as soon as possible," replied John Barrow. "It is easy to see he is half frozen--and maybe starved."

"Shall we carry him?"

"We'll have to; there is no other way."

Slinging their guns across their backs, they raised up the form of the unconscious man. He was a dead weight, and to carry him through that deep snow was no light task. Less than half the distance to the shelter was covered when Dick called a halt.

"I'll have to rest up!" he gasped. "He weighs a ton."

But in a few minutes he resumed the journey, and now they did not stop with their load until the shelter was reached. Tom and Sam were watching for them.

"Jasper Grinder, by all that's wonderful!" burst out Tom.

"Was he alone?" questioned Sam.

"He was, so far as we could see," answered Dick. "I can tell you, he's almost a case for an undertaker."

This remark made everyone feel sober, and while the two younger Rovers stirred up the fire, Dick and the guide did all in their power to bring the unconscious man to his senses. Some hot coffee was poured down his throat, and his hands and back were vigorously rubbed.

"Oh!" came faintly, at last, and Jasper Grinder slowly opened his eyes, "Oh!"

1. Who was an enemy?
2. to whom?
3. what was surveyed?
4. what was surveyed?
5. where did they need to go?
6. was he carri?ed
7. did they carry weapons?
8. was he light?
9. what was on the ground?
10. was he easy to carry?
11. did someone have to rest?
12. did jasper wake up?
13. how close to their destination were they?
14. how was he woken up?
15. what was jasper's state when found?
16. was he warm?
17. was his back rubbed?
18. did they reach their destination?
19. was anything else rubbed?
20. who was watching them?
21. who called for a rest?

Numbered answers:
1. Jasper Grinder
2. Dick
3. the prostrate form
4. Jasper Grinder
5. their shelter
6. yes
7. Yes
8. No
9. deep snow
10. No
11. Yes
12. Yes
13. Less than half the distance
14. Some hot coffee
15. unconscious
16. No
17. Yes
18. Yes
19. his hands
20. Tom and Sam were
21. Dick