midnight
But Mukoki , still a savage in the ways of the wilderness , seemed possessed of that mysterious sixth sense which is known as the sense of orientation -- that almost supernatural instinct which guides the carrier pigeon as straight as a die to its home-cote hundreds of miles away . Again and again during that thrilling night 's flight Wabi or Rod would ask the Indian where Wabinosh House lay , and he would point out its direction to them without hesitation . And each time it seemed to the city youth that he pointed a different way , and it proved to him how easy it was to become hopelessly lost in the wilderness . Not until midnight did they pause to rest . They had traveled slowly but steadily and Wabi figured that they had covered fifteen miles . Five miles behind them their trail was completely obliterated by the falling snow . Morning would betray to the Woongas no sign of the direction taken by the fugitives .