Page:War; or, What happens when one loves one's enemy, John Luther Long, 1913.djvu/24

WAR from home, pestering him with his wagons and harnesses. Jon was scared stiff. He thought now Dave had a death on his conscience, like he had, about Shalom. He had an idea that no one could live without Dave, and that, therefore, Wasser had committed suicide—maybe, by drowning. He looks all over for the dog for three days, and Dave doesn't bother his head about him.

Then, when Jon was half crazy, Dave goes off and finds Wasser in five minutes—hiding in the haymow where he could see Dave without danger. I don't know how Dave knew it, or Wasser got there, but he went straight to the spot.

Then he brings Wasser home on his shoulder, both as pleased as a bride and groom, and licking each other!

And, that's Dave for you! Never bothering till some one was about crazy, and then bothering a lot—and fixing things all in a minute. Honest, he fooled the bumble-bees that way. They stopped coming on the 8