Chapter 35 No.35

In the Hands of the Enemy

Weary as they were with their over-energetic day's work, the boys went to bed early that night-all of them but Tom. That tireless Nimrod had found a bear's den the day before and was minded to go out and watch for the bear that inhabited it. "Your bear is a night prowler," he said, "and if I can catch this one going out