We found a convenient stump in the woods, and sat down to wait, where we could see all that occurred about the cabin.

The distant camp fires had died down, and only occasionally did any sound, generally far away, disturb the silence.

The night was fairly dark, the stars shining brightly enough, but dense beneath the trees; yet we managed to locate the nearer sentries by their voices when they reported posts.

None were stationed close by.

Everything indicated that we were safely outside the lines of camp.