"It may save my life.

With rest and food, I may escape.

Pooh! I'll not be a fool!" Bending over the dead man, he resolutely cut the haversack from his body, and then returned to the log whose friendly shelter had screened him from the eyes of the rebel horsemen.

Seating himself upon the ground, he commenced exploring the haversack.

It contained two "ash-cakes," a slice of bacon, and a small bottle.