"But don't eat it all," Fred admonished him; "we may need of it for dinner, though I hope that by that time we may have something better."
"I will mind your admonition," Matthew said smiling, as he plunged his teeth into the juicy bear meat.
Then they lay down and slept, as if they were at home and not in the
Indian infested woods.
Yet they were safe, for the good Lord to whom they commended themselves before falling asleep, watched over them, better than they knew.
CHAPTER XI
BACK AGAIN AND AGNES
"Don't bother me," said Fred half awake; "it's not time for breakfast; just let me sleep a little more."
Matthew pinched his nose so that he could not breathe, and this brought
Fred to his feet.
"Oh, I clean forgot!" he said laughing. "My, but that sleep was good!
What time of the day is it anyway? We must have slept all day."
They looked to the sky, though the huge trees were much in their way, and noticed that the sun was far in the west.