I ought to have known better, and shall never do the like again." "Well, we have been fortunate and it has taught us both a lesson.

Let's attend to our toilet and have breakfast." They laved their faces and hands in the cold stream of clear water running near them, combed their hair, stretched and limbered arms and legs by a series of gymnastics to which they were accustomed, and then, returning to the mouth of the cavern, found, by raking over the ashes, that enough live embers remained to broil the venison more acceptably than any meal that had been prepared since coming to the region.
By that time Jack had recovered his usual good nature, and was as ready to jest as his companion over his dereliction of duty.
"I don't know what time it was when I fell asleep," he said, "but it must have been past midnight.

The moon had risen over that high mountain yonder, and I was admiring the wonderful picture its rays made as they shot out over the lower peaks and lit up the chasms between.

I never saw anything so beautiful." "You ought to have called me to share the pleasure with you." "I have no doubt it was time to do so, but I knew you preferred to sleep rather than look upon Niagara Falls or the Yellowstone." "If so, I am not the only younker, as Hazletine says, who has such a preference.

That reminds me, Jack, that it's mighty lucky we are not vegetarians." "Why ?" "What should we do for our meals?
So long as we stay in these mountains we must live on game.