Chapter 21: Tuesday the Twenty-seventh

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌⁠To-day I stumbled on the surprise of my life! It was A Man! I took Paddy and cantered over to the old Titchborne Ranch and was prowling around the corral, hoping I might find a few belated mushrooms. But nary a one was there. So I whistled on my four fingers for Paddy (I've been teaching him to come at that call) and happened to glance in the direction of the abandoned shack. Then I saw the door o