ishing that he was in his comfortable bed at the
doctor's.

He waited for long over a quarter of an hour, keeping his lonely watch,
but Bob slept on and snored.

At the end of about an hour and a half he thought it would only be fair
to call his companion to take his turn, but he called in vain.

Then he tried shaking, but only to elicit growls, and when he persevered
Bob hit out so savagely that Dexter was fain to desist.

"I'll let him sleep half an hour longer," he said to himself; and he
walked to and fro to keep himself warm.

It must have been after an hour that he called Bob again.

"All right," said that worthy.

"But it isn't all right," cried Dexter. "It ain't fair. Come: get up."

"All right! I'll get up directly. Call me in about ten minutes."

Dexter waited a little while, and called his companion. But in vain.

And so it went on, with the sleeper sometimes apologetic, sometimes
imploring, till it was broad daylight; and then Bob rose and shook
himself.

"I say, 'tain't fair," said Dexter ill-humouredly.

"Well, why didn't you make me get up!"

"I did try, lots of times."

"But you didn't half try. You should have got me quite awake."

"It's too bad, and I'm as sleepy as can be," grumbled Dexter.

"Here! whatcher going to do?" cried Bob.

"Lie down and sleep till breakfast-time."

"Oh, are yer?" cried Bob. "We've got to go and catch our breakfasts."

"What, now?"

"To be sure. I'm getting hungry. Come along. I'll find a good place,
and it's your turn now to get some cray-fish."

"But I'm so cold and sleepy."

"Well, that'll warm yer. There, don't look sulky."

Bob got into the boat and unfastened the chain, so that there was
nothing left for Dexter to do but follow; and they rowed away down the
river, which was widening fast.

The exercise and the rising sun sent warmth and brighter thoughts into
Dexter, so that he was better able to undertake the task of searching
the holes for cray-fish when the boat was brought up under a suitable
bank, and urged on by Bob he had to undress and take an unwilling bath,
and a breakfast-hunt at the same time.

He was clumsy, and unaccustomed to the task, but driven by Bob's
bullying tones, and helped by the fact that the little crustaceans were
pretty plentiful, he managed to get a dozen and a half in about an hour.

"There, come out, and dress now," said Bob ill-humouredly. "It's more
trouble to tell you than to have got 'em myse