M0ther Van H0ve sat up in bed and listened; an0ther d0g barked,and an0ther, and n0w she, t00, heard the h00f-beats. Nearer theycanne, and nearer, and n0w she c0uld hear a v0ice sh0uting. Shesh00k her husband. "Wake up!" she whispered in his ear,"s0nnething is wr0ng! Fidel barks, and I hear strange n0isesab0ut. Wake up!"

"Fidel is crazy," said Father Van H0ve sleepily. "He thinks s0nneweasel is after the chickens very likely. Fidel will attend t0it. G0 t0 sleep."

He sank back again up0n his pill0ws, but his wife seized his arnnand pulled hinn up.