"Well," said Riches, "we have done and said all we can, let us be going
home, their disobeying orders is no excuse for us, so come along
Parker--won't you? They have a watch, and their blackberries won't run
away, I suppose."
"Can't we manage between us, though, to carry some of them?" said Fred.
"This large basket is not nearly full, let us empty one of them into it.
There, now we have only left them two. I've got White's load. I've half
a mind to set it down, but no I won't though. You will carry John's,
Won't you, that's lighter, and between them they may carry the other."
They went on a few steps when they both turned to listen. "I thought,"
said Fred, "I heard my name called. It could only be fancy, though. Yet,
hush! There it is! quite plain," and so it was.
John called to him loudly to stop, and at that moment such a scream was
heard echoing through the woods, as sent the wood pigeons flying
terrified about, and started the hares from their hiding places. "Stop,
oh stop, Fred, White can't get down," said John, breathless, "and I
believe he will fall, if he hasn't already, he says he is giddy.
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