He had escaped to the swale; from there he probably crossed the corduroy, and reaching the lower end of the swamp, had found friends.

It was a great relief to feel that he was not in the swamp, and it raised the spirits of every man on the line, though many of them expressed regrets that he who was undoubtedly most to blame should escape, while Wessner, who in the beginning was only his tool, should be left to punishment.
But for Freckles, with Jack's fearful oath ringing in his ears, there was neither rest nor peace.

He was almost ill when the day for the next study of the series arrived and he saw the Bird Woman and the Angel coming down the corduroy.

The guards of the east line he left at their customary places, but those of the west he brought over and placed, one near Little Chicken's tree, and the other at the carriage.

He was firm about the Angel's remaining in the carriage, that he did not offer to have unhitched.