Hank had again lighted his pipe, and deeply interested Jack and Fred by his reminiscences of a life that had been filled to overflowing with strange experience and adventure.

They listened, unconscious of the passage of the hours, until he abruptly asked: "What time is it ?" Each youth looked at his watch, and, to his astonishment, saw that it was nearly half-past ten.

They had supposed that it was fully two hours earlier.
"One of the rules that must always be follered," said the guide, "when hunting or away from home, is that all the party mustn't sleep at the same time." "Then one has to stand watch ?" "It looks that way.

Now, we'll divide the time atween us, each taking a part, so that it won't come heavy on any one." "That will suit us," Fred hastened to say, while Jack nodded his head.
"All right.

You, Jack, will keep watch till twelve--that is midnight; then you'll rouse t'other younker, and he'll stand guard till two; then he'll give me a kick, and I'll run things till daylight." "What are we likely to see ?" asked Jack, who naturally desired to learn all the points concerning his new duties.
"How should I know ?" asked Hank, with a grin.