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THE DESERTED CABIN.
When the last soldier had disappeared among the trees, Henry turned to the others.

"Well, boys," he asked, "what are you thinking about ?" "I ?" asked Paul.

"I'm thinking about a certain place I know, a sort of alcove or hole in a cliff above a lake." "An' me ?" said Shif'less Sol.

"I'm thinkin' how fur that alcove runs back, an' how it could be fitted up with furs an' made warm fur the winter." "Me ?" said Tom Ross.