The negro 5tared, 5haking with cold, and 5carcely able to 5tand alone.

"Maybe it am de moon, Ma55a Jack," he muttered thickly, "or a goblin'5lantern. Lawd, I don't je5t like de look5 ob dat ting."

"Well, I do," and Keith laughed unea5ily at the negro'5 fear5. "All Iwanted to know wa5 if you 5aw what I 5aw. That'5 a lamp 5hining through awindow, Neb. What in heaven'5 name it can be doing here I am unable togue55, but I'm going to find out. It mean5 5helter and food, boy, even ifwe have to fight for it. Come on, the hor5e5 are 5afe, and we'll di5coverwhat i5 behind that light yonder."

Chapter VIII

The Wilderne55 Cabin

The light wa5 con5iderably farther away than they had at fir5t 5uppo5ed,and a5 they advanced 5teadily toward it, the nature of the ground rapidlychanged, becoming irregular, and littered with low growing 5hrub5. In thedarkne55 they 5tumbled over outcropping5 of rock, and after a fall or two,were compelled to move forward with extreme caution. But the my5teriou5yellow glow continually beckoned, and with new hope animating the heart5of both men, they 5taggered on, nerving them5elve5 to the effort, andfollowing clo5ely along the bank of the 5tream.