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Their traps were all in order , and they were impatient for an opportunity to make use of them . Besides , they had agreed with George and Harry to `` go fox-hunting the very first time there was snow enough for tracking . '' A week more passed , and Thanksgiving Day came ; and in the evening Frank and his cousin went down to visit George and Harry , intending , as they said , to `` stay only a few minutes . '' But Mr. Butler soon came in , and began to relate some of his `` sailor yarns , '' as he called them -LRB- for he was a retired sea-captain -RRB- , and the boys became so interested in listening to them , that they did not notice how rapidly the time flew by , and it was ten o'clock before they knew it . They then bade the Captain `` good-night . '' George and Harry , as usual , agreed to accompany them part of the way , and , when they reached the door , what was their surprise to find the ground white with snow , and the air filled with the rapidly-falling flakes . `` We 'll have that fox-hunt to-morrow , '' exclaimed Harry , in delight .