Wait till I cut this venison down, and we'll move without paying our score." "I guess we paid that to the wolves," said Paul, smiling a little.
Henry detached the venison and divided it.

Then each took his share, and they moved swiftly away among the trees, still keeping to the general course of the river.

They came presently to a large area of unburned forest, thick with foliage and undergrowth and, without hesitation, they plunged into it.

Henry was in front and suddenly to his keen ears came a sound which he knew was not one of the natural noises of the forest.

He listened and it continued, a beat, faint but regular and steady.