PEERING OUT INTO THE GLOOM. 



stockade to see that the captives were safe. The inhabitants of the cages, too, 

 eemed to feel there was security in the glow of the fire, and they crowded as 

 as they could get to it. 



"HE ALMOST FELL HEADLONG AMONG His FRIENDS." 



They formed a singular picture, the older 

 ones showing by their looks their alarm. 

 Those whom a short time before they had 

 viewed as their enemies had been transformed by the 

 elements into friends, to whom they appealed for 

 protection. 



The younger ones slept in contentment through the fearful turmoil, but tb 



