where to look for the cave.

"It's near a big pine tree, and you can only see rocks. Father showed
me when we came from Brandon," she said.

The little girls were very tired and hungry, and Faith suggested that
they should eat their luncheon and rest before searching for the cave.

"I wish I had brought more corn bread," said Esther, when they had
finished the last morsel of the food.

"It's lucky you brought as much as you did," responded Faith. "We'd
better begin looking for the cave now."

It was hard work climbing up the rocky hillside, and it did not
seem such an easy matter to locate the cave as Esther had expected.
They peered under rocks, and climbed over ledges, and were nearly
discouraged when a sudden noise made Faith grasp Esther's arm with a
whispered "Hush"; for almost in front of them, apparently coming
directly out of the hillside, appeared the head and shoulders of a
man. But they were too near to conceal themselves or to try and run
away.

"Great Caesar's Ghost!" exclaimed the man, crawling out from the cave.
"Two little maids! Where did you come from?"

Faith's hold on Esther's arm tightened. "Don't tell. Don't answer his
questions," she whispered, remembering her mother's caution about
strangers, and thinking perhaps this might be an English spy who had
discovered the cave.

"Where are the others?" asked the man.

Esther looked questioningly at Faith, but neither of them spoke.

The man's stern face softened as he looked at the two little figures.
He realized they must be the children of some settler in the
Wilderness--perhaps children who had wandered too far from home and
lost their way.

"You need not be afraid to speak," he said smilingly. "Perhaps I know
your fathers. Tell me your names."

Faith was quite sure that this was a question which could be safely
answered, so both the little girls spoke their names, and instantly
the man responded by saying:

"Then you," and he nodded to Faith, "are Miller Carew's daughter. I
know your father well. Tell him Seth Warner has been in Salisbury and
is now starting back to Bennington. But how come you this distance
from home?"

Both Faith and Esther knew that Seth Warner was a friend of the
settlers, and before he had finished speaking Faith was quite ready
to tell him their errand and to give the note for Colonel Allen into
his hands.

He listened in evident amazement to the story of their morning's
journey, for he well knew the dange