house, which perhaps he could reach. Pitying his condition, they

might have compassion on him; and if they did not, it would be

better, he thought, to die near human beings, than in the lonely

open fields. He summoned up all his strength for one last trial,

and bent his faltering steps towards it.

As he drew nearer to this house, a feeling come over him that he

had seen it before. He remembered nothing of its details; but

the shape and aspect of the building seemed familiar to him.