I suspect that Hank is having some sport at our expense.

If there was any danger he would stay awake himself, instead of trusting two tenderfeet like us." "It may be, but we are in a wild country, where danger is likely to come at any time, and we may have our hands full.

It seems to me that it would have been better to let the fire go out, and not attract attention." "He's running this affair; he wouldn't have had so much wood gathered if he didn't mean to keep the blaze going." With this Fred rose to his feet and flung an armful of wood on the flames, which brightened up until their reflection was thrown against the branches overhead and well out toward the edge of the grove.

A faint whinny proved that the horses had been disturbed by the increase in the illumination.
Before lying down, Fred looked at his chum.
"I wonder, Jack, whether there's any risk of your falling asleep ?" "There would be if I remained seated on the ground, but I shall not do that." "It will be dangerous to walk back and forth, where the fire shows you plainly." "My plan is to move out in the grove, where the firelight will not strike me, and stand close to the trunk of one of the trees.

I have heard of folks sleeping on their feet, but there's no fear of my doing it.