The smoke must rise, therefore, and escape through the small hole in the centre of the roof.

The length of stove-pipe which showed on the roof must have been simply the inhabitant's idea of giving the last delicate touch of civilisation; it was like a tassel to the cap of the Turk.
As Haw-Haw's observations reached this point his sharp ear caught the faint whinny of the big horse outside.

He started like one caught in a guilty act, and sprang to the lantern.

However, with his hands upon it he thought better of it, and he placed the light against the wall; then he turned to the entrance and looked anxiously up the hillside.
What he saw was a form grotesque beyond belief.

It seemed to be some gigantic wild beast--mountain lion or great bear, though of a size beyond credence--which slowly sprawled down the slope walking erect upon its hind feet with its forelegs stretched out horizontal, as if it were warning all who might behold it away.