From his cabin some two hours later they set out afoot in the darkness.
"I reckon it will be easier under the stars than under the hot sun," said Abe.

"Our legs have had a long rest anyhow." They enjoyed the coolness and beauty of the summer night.
"Going home is the end of all journeys," said Abe as they tramped along.
"Did it ever occur to you that every living creature has its home?
The fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the beasts of the field and forest, the creepers in the grass, all go home.

Most of them turn toward it when the day wanes.

The call of home is the one voice heard and respected all the way down the line of life.

And, ye know, the most wonderful and mysterious thing in nature is the power that fool animals have to go home through great distances, like the turtle that swam from the Bay of Biscay to his home off Van Dieman's Land.