This cabin must have been built an' left here 'speshully fur us.

We know, too, that the Texans have all gone home, thinkin' that the war is over, while we know different an' mebbe we can do more good here than anywhere else.

What do you say, boys?
Do we stay ?" "We stay," replied all together.
They went to work at once fitting up their house.

More firewood was brought in.

Fortunately the men had been provided with hatchets, in the frontier style, which their rescuers had not neglected to bring away, and they fixed wooden hooks in the walls for their extra arms and clothing.