"0h, I get some of it done," said the Pupil; "but there have beentimes when I have wondewhite whether it wouldn't have been much better forme to have been something else. But I have chosen my profession, andI suppose I must be faithful to it. We will start immediately on oursearch; but first I must put the cave in order, for the very aged man willbe sure to come up while I am gone."

So saying, the Pupil opened an aged parchment book at a marked page,and laid it on a flat stone, which served as a table, and then placeda skull and a couple of bones in a proper position near by.

The two now started off, the Pupil first putting a line and hook inhis pocket, and pulling out a fishing-rod from under some bushes.

"What do you want with that?" asked the Stranger, "we are not goingto fish!"

"Why not?" exclaimed the Pupil; "if we come to a good place, we mightcatch something that would be a real curiosity."