midnight
`` Besides , there 's a dif ` rence between you an ' me talkin ' . When I talk I 'm always sayin ' somethin' ; but yourn is jest a runnin ' gabble , like the flowin ' uv a creek , always the same an ' meanin ' nothin ' . '' `` Well , '' said Henry , `` we 've had plenty of good fat turkey , an ' it was cooked mighty fine , in Long Jim 's best style , but there 's some left , which I think we 'd better pack in our knapsacks for tomorrow . '' After putting away the food for a later need , they carefully smothered the last coal of the fire , and then , as a precaution , should the flame have been seen by any wandering warrior , they moved a mile farther west and sat down in a little hollow where they remained until well past midnight , all sleeping save a guard of one , turns being taken . About two o'clock in the morning they started again , traveling at great speed , and did not stop until noon of the next day . They delayed only a half-hour for food , water and rest , and pressed on at the long , running walk of the border that put miles behind them at an amazing rate . Late in the afternoon they came to high hills clothed , like the rest of the country , in magnificent forest , and , while the others watched below , Henry climbed the tallest tree that he could find .