By and by the violin was put away and all knelt by the fire while Sarah prayed aloud for protection through the night.

So it will be seen that they carried with them their own little theater, church and hotel.
Soon after darkness fell, Sarah and the children lay down for the night, while Samson stretched out with his blankets by the fire in good weather, the loaded musket and the dog Sambo lying beside him.

Often the howling of wolves in the distant forest kept them awake, and the dog muttering and barking for hours.
Samson woke the camp at daylight and a merry song was his reveille while he led the horses to their drink.
"Have a good night ?" Sarah would ask.
"Perfect!" he was wont to answer.

"But when the smudges went out the mosquiters got to peckin' my face." "Mine feels like a pincushion," Sarah would often answer.

"Will you heat up a little water for us to wash with ?" "You better believe I will.