"This doesn't look as if we were going to get to the cabin very fast," remarked Snap. "How much farther have we to go?"
"A good half mile," answered Shep.
"Then we might as well go on, even if it is night," put in Giant. "Perhaps we can catch that crazy fellow asleep and make him a prisoner. He ought to be arrested for stealing our things."
Presently the doctor's son came to a spot that looked familiar, and a minute later he pointed to a notch cut in a tree.
"That is my blaze," he said. "I made it so as to remember where the cabin was located. We'll be there in a few minutes more. Better keep quiet."
The others understood, and after that they advanced without speaking, unless it seemed necessary, and then only in a whisper. The sun had gone down, and it was as quiet as it was lonely.
The doctor's son was in the lead, and presently he halted and pointed ahead. There was the dilapidated cabin, just as it had been when visited by Shep and Whopper.
"See anybody?" asked Giant in a low voice.
"Not a soul."
"Supposing we walk around the place first?" suggested Snap.