[CHAPTER XXX.]
AN ESCAPE—CONCLUSION.
At midnight Nestor awoke Broswick, who was to take the next watch.
“All quiet?” asked the hunter.
“As a churchyard,” replied the miner.
“How about Berry and Pender?”
“They haven’t moved.”
“All right; turn in.”
Nestor was soon snoring, and Broswick began his vigil. The moon began to move over toward the west, and the only sounds heard were the hoots of owls or the barking of foxes.
Suddenly the hunter paused in his walk about the camp. His trained ear told him somebody or something was approaching. He could hear the breaking of twigs and the rattle of stones as they were stepped on.