"And I too!" the young man said, rising quickly, and seizing his rifle.
The two men hurried to the entrenchments, but they saw nothing of a suspicious nature: the prairie was still perfectly calm.
"'Tis some wild beast going down to drink, or returning," Will said, to reassure his father.
"No, no," the latter replied, with a shake of the head; "it is not the noise made by any animal—it was the echo of a man's footfall, I am convinced."
"The simplest way is to go and see."
"Come then."
The two men resolutely climbed over the intrenchments, and with rifles outstretched, went round the camp, carefully searching the bushes, and assuring themselves that no foe lurked in them.
"Well!" they exclaimed, when they met.
"Nothing—and you?"
"Nothing."