midnight
The meal over and the dishes washed , they discussed the advisability of establishing a guard as they had done when danger threatened them in past times . Garry was of the opinion that it would be unnecessary for a time , as no one knew of their mission and they had seen nothing that would tend to alarm them . The others were glad of this decision , for all were tired with the work of establishing the camp and the hike they had taken to the boundary line . Shortly after midnight Garry was roused from his slumber by a nightmare in which he dreamed that LeBlanc and he were desperately battling on the top of a great cliff . The dream was so realistic that when he woke , he shuddered for a moment . Then feeling somewhat chilly , he found that the fire had died down , and rose to throw a few sticks of wood on the still red coals . He cast a glance about him and in the distance saw a gleaming pair of eyes !