“Isn't the rug you had in the woods in the wagon yet? Use that!”
“Of course! The very thing! Bel, proceed!”
“Are you going to leave the house like this?”
“Why not?”
“Suppose some one breaks in!”
“Nothing worth carrying away, except what you have on. No one to get in. There is a big swamp back of our woods, marsh in front, we're up here where we can see the drive and bridge. There is nothing possible from any direction. Never locked the cabin in my life, except your room, and that was because it was sacred, not that there was any danger. Clear the way, Bel!”
“Clear it of what?”
“Katydids, hoptoads, and other carnivorous animals.”
“Now you are making fun of me! Clear it of what?”
“A coon that might go shuffling across, an opossum, or a snake going to the lake. Now are you frightened so that you will not go?”