When he had eaten and the fire had died he went out and
sat beside the hut. He was well satisfied with the day's work,
and he wished now to think with all the concentration that one
must put upon a great task if he expects to achieve it. He
intended to invade the Indian camp, and he knew full well that it
was the most perilous enterprise that he had ever attempted. Yet
scouts and hunters had done such things and had escaped with
their lives. He must not shrink from the path that others had
trodden.
He made up his mind firmly, and partly thought out his plan of
operations. Then he rested, and so sanguine was his temperament
that he began to regard the deed itself as almost achieved.
Decision is always soothing after doubt, and he fell into a
pleasant dreamy state. A gentle wind was blowing, the forest was
dry and the leaves rustled with the low note that is like the
softest chord of a violin. It became penetrating, thrillingly
sweet, and hark! it spoke to him in a voice that he knew. It was
the same voice that he had heard on the Ohio, mystic, but telling
him to be of heart and courage. He would triumph over hardships
and dangers, and he would see his friends again.
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