t knowing the surly mood of the couple,
he thought it probable they might follow him.

The door of the cabin, was drawn wide open and the form of a man stood
out to view, as if stamped with ink on the flaming background made by
the fire beyond. His lengthened shadow was thrown down the path almost
to the feet of Harvey. The fellow no doubt was peering into the gloom
and listening.

"I wonder whether they mean to dog me," said Harvey; "it will be an
easy matter to do so, for they know every part of the wood, while I am
a stranger. They are none too good to put me out of the way; it is
such men who have no fear of the law, but they shall not take me
unawares."

While still looking toward the cabin, all became dark again. The door
was closed, but he could not be sure whether the man stood outside or
within.

"If he means to do me harm he will soon be at my heels."

But the straining eyes could not catch the outlines of any one, and the
only sound was the moaning wind among the bare branches.

"He has gone back into the house, but may come out again."

And so, while picking his way through the dim forests, you may be sure
that Harvey Bradley looked behind him many times. It makes one shiver
with dread to suspect that a foe is softly following him. Harvey had
buttoned his pea jacket to his chin and he now turned up the collar, so
that it touched his ears. His hands were shoved deep into the side
pockets and the right one rested upon his revolver that he had
withdrawn from its usual place at his hip. He was on the alert for
whatever might come.

He was pleased with one fact: the path to which so many references were
made, was so clearly marked that he found it easy to avoid going wrong.

"If I had had sense enough to take the right course when I first struck
it, I would have been home by this time."

After turning around several times without seeing or hearing anything
suspicious, he came to believe that however glad O'Hara and Hansell
might be to do him harm, they lacked the courage, unless almost sure
against detection.

"Hugh will stir up others to go forward, but he will take good care to
protect himself."

The dull roar that he once fancied he heard when tramping aimlessly
during the day, was now so distinct that he knew he must be near a
stream. The path crossed it at no great distance.

Sure enough, he had only turned a bend and gone down a little slope
when he reached the margin of a deep cre