The weather was raw and chilly, too, and Dan's bare feet were blue with the cold.

He must have a pair of shoes and stockings; and since he couldn't get them in any other way, a portion of the money he had hidden in that hollow log in the woods must be brought into use.

Dan took out the necessary amount, and groaned when he looked at the small sum he had left.
As soon as the sun had warmed the air a little, Dan shouldered his rifle and set out.

He did not follow the road, as he did before, for that would take him past the General's barn, and Don and Bert were at home now.

He went around through the fields; and it was while he was sitting on a log near General Gordon's fence, watching the only squirrel he had seen since leaving home, that he accidentally learned what it was that took David over to Don's house so regularly every morning, and kept him there all day.