He took Yan's trembling hand and led him for a little while, but he was all right when he came to the blazed trail. Caleb stepped ahead, groping in the darkness.
Yan now found voice to say, "I got the stone all right, and I wrote my name on the grave, too."
"Good boy! You're the stuff!" was the admiring response.
[420] They were very glad to see that there was a fire in the teepee when they drew near. At the edge of the clearing they gave a loud "O-hoo—O-hoo— O-hoo-oo," the Owl cry that they had adopted because it is commonly used by the Indians as a night signal, and they got the same in reply from within.
"All right," shouted Caleb; "he done it, an' he's bully good stuff and gets an uncommon grand coup."
"Wish I had gone now," said Guy. "I could 'a' done it just as well as Yan."
"Well, go on now."
"Oh, there ain't any stone to get now for proof."
"You can write your name on the grave, as I did."
"Ah, that wouldn't prove nothin'," and Guy dropped the subject.