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Mebbe they 'll like that ! '' He fell to musing over the lively scenes that had accompanied the adventure covered by this episode ; and paid no further attention to the rest of the boys , as they continued to exhaust the subject of the smuggler fraternity . Finally , all of them admitted that they felt sleepy ; and since they no longer had reason to experience anything boarding on alarm , it was decided on the whole not to bother keeping watch . Already the hour must be near midnight , and they needed sleep , so as to be ready to take up duties of another day when morning broke . Accordingly , each of them was apportioned a place where he could wedge in and in some way manage to obtain the rest of which he was in such need . Bumpus , being so round , and requiring much more space than any one of the six , was given a chance to roll over in the wider territory close to the doors of the hunting cabin , which were not to be closed , as the boys felt they would need air . He could sit up , and look around , at any time he happened to be awake ; but as Bumpus was usually a sound sleeper , none of them expected that he would avail himself of this privilege until they scrambled over his bundled-up figure at daylight .