As he looked up at the clear sky he wondered whether his father and mother were well and asleep; whether they were dreaming of him; whether they missed him from that loved home and longed for the day when he should return to them.
"Suppose something happens that will prevent my ever seeing them ?" he said to himself, while the tears filled his eyes.

"I thought when I believed that rattlesnake had bitten me to-day that death was sure; and I was near it, though I was unharmed.

We are in more danger here than I expected; but we are in danger every hour, no matter where we are.

I hope nothing will befall Fred or me." And standing alone in the midst of that wild, rugged scene, he silently lifted his heart to the only One who could protect and save them from the hundreds of perils that beset them.
His eye was fixed on the stupendous mountain beyond the plateau, at whose base wound the canyon, when he observed a growing light on its crest.

The twinkling stars beyond grew dimmer, and the white blanket of snow that had lain there for centuries rapidly came out in bolder relief, until it sparkled and gleamed much as he had seen it do when the sun was shining.