“I guessed at it, and I guessed right. Don’t make any noise.”
“Yes, Julius.”
So they walked hand in hand. Julius hurried his little companion, for he feared that the Indian would awake and pursue them. If he did so, he was by no means sure that he could defend her. His pistol was loaded, but it had but one barrel, and when it was discharged, he would be completely defenseless.
“Has the Indian got a gun?” he asked, in a whisper.
“I didn’t see any,” said Carrie.
Then he felt more easy in mind. If hard pressed, he would at least be able to fire one shot.
But there was another difficulty. He had not come directly to the place where he had found Carrie, but had wandered about in different directions. The result was that he didn’t know his way out of the woods.{182}
“Do you know which way you came, Carrie?” he asked, in some perplexity.
“No, Julius. I didn’t wake up till I was in the woods.”
“I don’t know my way. I wish I could fall in with your father or Abner.”