"
"It is one Dutchman's hope that it will always be so," said
Heemskerk, and then he revolved rapidly away lest they see his
face express emotion.
The five received great supplies of powder and bullets from
Colonel Butler, and then they parted in the forest. Many of the
soldiers looked back and saw the five tall figures in a line,
leaning upon the muzzles of their long-barreled Kentucky rifles,
and regarding them in silence. It seemed to the soldiers that
they had left behind them the true sons of the wilderness, who,
in spite of all dangers, would be there to welcome them when they
returned.
CHAPTER XVII
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. "I'm thinkin' what a snug place that alcove
would be when the snow an' hail were drivin' down the creek in
front of you.
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