"Gee! but I bet it scared you. What did you do with him?"
"I let out with my hand and sent him flying," I replied.
"I hope you didn't kill him," Jim said. "Then I suppose you decided to sit up for the rest of the night."
"It is just as well I did sit up," I said, "or that old hag might have scalped me. Where is she?"
"Creeping up behind you," replied Jim, "look out."
I turned like a flash, but saw nothing. It was simply Jim's superfluous sense of humor. However, she had disappeared.
"Well, I'm going to finish my siesta," said Jim, turning into his blankets again, but I knew that it was no use; so I sat up the balance of the night.
"Be sure and whistle if you see her old nibs coming again," said Jim.
In a few minutes he was fast asleep. Fortunately it was not so very long before the faint light of dawn showed in the eastern sky and I woke the boys up. It gave me a good deal of pleasure to do so because it did not please them and I had grown tired of being all alone in the world.
"You might let a fellow sleep a little longer," growled Tom.