shed his breakfast when the boys arrived, and they
all started for the woods in great glee.

On the way, Benny told them the story of old Winneenis, and the boys
were full of wonder, interest, and curiosity to see her.

Upon reaching the wigwam, they admired its outside, agreed that nothing
in that style of architecture _could_ surpass it.

"And now," said Benny, "see how nice 'tis inside," and he took a peep in
himself. "Why," whispered he, drawing back, "she's _here_--she's here in
the wigwam, sound asleep, and she looks awful glad. Sh-sh"--with a
warning shake of his finger--"we mustn't disturb her; father said I
mustn't. Le's go away and wait till she wakes up."

They each took a peep at the old Indian woman and went away softly.

They remained in sight of the wigwam, exhausting every device for
wearing away the time, and Joe's watch was frequently consulted. Time
and patience wore away together.

"There," said Charlie, at last, "we've waited long enough; we ought to
wake her up now."

"It might make her crazy again to see such a lot of us, and I--I don't
like to," said Benny. "I'll go 'n ask 'Bijah what to do."

They went and brought 'Bijah, who said he should think likely she
_would_ want to sleep a spell, she must be pretty well beat out, pokin'
around all night. He'd heard her making them queer noises o'
hern--something like a hoarse kind o' Phoebe bird, it sounded, in the
distance.

"I shouldn't be surprised," he began, in a low tone, stooping and
peering in at the wigwam; but, contrary to his words, he did look very
much surprised indeed.

He stepped into the wigwam and touched the sleeper gently. Then he
shook his head at the boys and motioned them away, and when he came out,
they understood from his look, that old Winneenis was dead.

Wandering, as was her wont at night, she had come upon Benny's wigwam,
standing in the clear moonlight, and to her longing, bewildered mind it
had probably seemed the wigwam of her father. Who can ever know the joy,
the feeling of peace, and rest, and relief, with which she laid her
tired bones down in it, and fell asleep, a care-free child once more,
and thus passed from its door into the happy hunting-grounds? And Benny
always felt glad the wigwam had been built.

BENNY'S DISAPPEARANCE.

Every year a few of the blest among the boys of Still Harbor were taken
to New Haven or New London to see the Greatest Show on Earth, while the
unlucky remainder were