Be careful where you put your feet." But the very dampness prevented any rustle in the weeds and grass, and they passed to the other side of the cabin without an alarm coming from the forest.

There they paused again, and once more Henry whispered his instructions.
"I think we'd better get down and crawl," he said.

"It's a hard thing to do with two rifles each, but we must do it until we get to the woods." It was difficult, as Henry had said, and Paul felt, too, a sense of humiliation; but then one's life was at stake, and without hesitation he dropped to his knees, crawling slowly after the dark figure of his comrade.

Henry made no sound and Paul but a little, not enough to be heard ten feet away.

Henry stopped now and then, as if he would listen intently a moment or two, and Paul, of course, stopped just behind him.