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• The narrator and Frightful were in the woods when Frightful became tense, indicating she heard something before the narrator did.
• A police siren grew louder down the road causing the narrator to worry that he had been found.
• When the siren stopped at the foot of the mountain the narrator and Frightful went home.
• The narrator decided to swim and work on moccasins.
• Frightful dug her talons into narrator's shoulder when she noticed a man lying between their house and store tree.
• The narrator wanted to see another human overcame his fear of being discovered.
• Frightful got bored of the sleeping man, but was restrained because the narrator wanted to think first before waking him up.
• The narrator realized how long he had been in the mountains, as he now awakens from a sound sleep from only one beat of Frightful's wings.
• The narrator had the thought that the man was an outlaw.
• The narrator debated whether the outlaw would be troublesome or mean.
• He wanted to hear the man's voice and talk out loud to somebody.
• Overcoming his fears he decided to wake the man up.
• The narrator greeted the man reassuringly, mentioning that the police have gone and proposing a mutual agreement of silence about each other.
• The man seemed relieved and thanked the narrator
• The narrator offered him a place to stay since no one would find him there and also offered him supper.
• The man asked if the narrator has food.
• The narrator offered venison or rabbit, the man chose venison.
• The narrator quickly started a fire with flint and steel, which impressed the stranger.
• The man said "Desdemondia!" and was startled by Frightful but relaxed when he saw she was tied.
• Narrator reassured him about Frightful, explaining she is wonderful and gentle and that she could catch them a rabbit.
• The man felt like he had fallen asleep by a boy scout campfire and awakened in the middle of the eighteenth century.
• The narrator got smoked venison and cattail tubers from the store tree which left the man speechless.
• The narrator explained "My storehouse".
• Man didn't talk much, he just watched the narrator.
• The narrator was busy cooking the best meal he could put together and didn't say much either.
• The narrator wrote the menu down later as it was excellent.
• The menu consisted of brown puffballs in deer fat with wild garlic, venison boiled in water, tubers wrapped in leaves and cooked in coals, and apples boiled in water.

Sam Gribley and Frightful find a sleeping man near their home in the mountains. Sam is torn between his fear of discovery and curiosity about the stranger. He observes the man, contemplating his intentions and what to do next.