Beyond the light of the fire everything was swallowed up in the blackness of darkness.

Presently there came a quivering glow that vaguely revealed the foliage for a moment and then vanished.

By and by another came, a little stronger.

Then another.

Then a faint moan came sighing through the branches of the forest and the boys felt a fleeting breath upon their cheeks, and shuddered with the fancy that the Spirit of the Night had gone by.