He was a brave boy, but this was the wilderness, the wilderness in the dark, peopled by wild animals and perhaps by wilder men, and they were lost in it.

He moved a little closer to his comrade.
But Henry, into whose mind no such thoughts had come, rose presently, and heaped more wood on the fire.

He was merely taking an ordinary precaution, and this little task finished, he spoke to Paul in a vein of humor, purposely making his words sound very big.
"Mr.Cotter," he said, "it seems to me that two worthy gentlemen like ourselves who have had a day of hard toil should retire for the night, and seek the rest that we deserve." "What you say is certainly true, Mr.Ware," responded Paul who had a lively fancy, "and I am glad to see that we have happened upon an inn, worthy of our great merits, and of our high position in life.

This, you see, Mr.Ware, is the Kaintuckee Inn, a most spacious place, noted for its pure air, and the great abundance of it.

In truth, Mr.Ware, I may assert to you that the ventilation is perfect." "So I see, Mr.Cotter," said Henry, pursuing the same humor.