The spiritual, or rather prophetic, quality in Paul always had their deep respect.
"Paul shorely does take mighty long looks ahead," whispered Shif'less Sol to Henry, "an' sometimes I can't follow him clean to the end.

I mostly drop by the way.

I like to live this very minute, an' I'm pow'ful glad to be alive right now.

But I'm with him clean to the finish o' our big job." Henry nodded and presently he and the shiftless one went away through the woods.

Paul, Ross, and Long Jim remained lying at ease in the forest--Paul had learned the great wilderness lesson of patience--and about noon the two returned.