Bud had an old single-barrel shotgun, a knife and a pipe, which he was just learning to smoke; Bonner brought a Navajo blanket, a revolver and a heavy walking stick.

He also had a large flask of whiskey and the pipe that had graduated from Harvard with him.
At nine o'clock he put to bed in one of the chilly nests a very sick boy, who hated to admit that the pipe was too strong for him, but who felt very much relieved when he found himself wrapped snugly in the blankets with his head tucked entirely out of sight.

Bud had spent the hour in regaling Bonner with the story of Rosalie Gray's abduction and his own heroic conduct in connection with the case.

He confessed that he had knocked one of the villains down, but they were too many for him.
Bonner listened politely and then--put the hero to bed.
Bonner dozed off at midnight.

An hour or so later he suddenly sat bolt upright, wide awake and alert.