CHAPTER XV.
THE BOYS ARE DRIVEN OUT OF THE ROOT FORTRESS.
Sam was only partially conscious during the battle around his habitation.

The fever, which now rose and fell at intervals, was usually highest during the forenoon, abating somewhat later in the day.

When it was highest he was always in either an unconscious stupor, or a wild delirium.

When the fever abated, however, his consciousness returned, and he was capable of talking and of understanding all that was said.

In these lucid intervals, he insisted upon knowing all that had happened, so that he might tell the boys what was best to do.