Lem may have been shot much earlier in the afternoon than he supposed.

When Lem grew stronger it would be necessary to question him closely that the hour might be fixed with certainty.

Whoever had shot and robbed Lem must have known of the existence of the silver fox skin, and been familiar with the surroundings.

The shots had doubtless been fired through a broken pane in a window directly behind the chair in which Lem was sitting at the time.
"Why not cook dinner out here over an open fire ?" Doctor Joe presently suggested.

"You chaps are pretty noisy, and if you come into the house to cook it on the stove, I'm afraid you'll wake Lem up, and I want him to sleep." "We'll cook un out here, sir," David agreed.
"'Tis more fun to cook here," Jamie suggested.
"Very well.