Page 244 - The snake's pass

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232 THE snake's pass.
from earth to heaven—and that all feet may tread,
which are winged with hope.
Presently Norah sent me away for a while, saying
that she had some work to do, as she expected both
Dick and myself to come back to tea with them; and
I went off to look for Dick.'
I found him with Murdock. The latter had got over
his disappointment, and had evidently made up his
mind to trust to Dick's superior knowledge and intelli-
gence. He was feverishly anxious to continue his
search, and when I came up we held a long discussion
as to the next measure to be taken. The afternoon
faded away in this manner before Murdock summed
up the matter thus:
" The chist was carried on the gun-carriage, and
where wan is th' other is not far off. The min
couldn't have carried the chist far, from what ould
Moynahan sez. His father saw the min carryin' the
Dick said: —
chist only a wee bit."
" There is one thing, Murdock, that I must warn you
about. You have been digging in the clay bank by
the edge of the bog. I told you before how dangerous
this is; now, more than ever, I see the danger of it.
It was only to-day that we got an idea of the depth
of the bog, and it rather frightens me to think that
with all this rain falling you should be tampering
with what is more important to you than even the
foundations of your house. The bog has risen far
too much already, and you have only to dig perhaps