Boy Scouts in Northern Wilds; Or, The Signal from the Hills

g snow was fast drifting. He called out to Sandy, who was only a short distance away,

ing but a kid!"

w who it is?"

im before!"

Thede

the Beaver Patrol into trouble?" demanded Sandy. "What would

ede Carson," i

's about all in,"

some of his clothes off and get to work with snow, or hi

ntured. "He seems to have been running a whole lot, for he's still pa

It may be that wound on his head," the lad added, pointing to a long gash in the

ry and picking a member of the Beaver Patrol right out of the woo

hausted lad some moments, a

around and say 'Where am I?' The correct thing to say i

Tommy!" s

run all the way up here from Clark stre

oked about for the

sn't the cam

more camp than a rab

to wait till morning

held out until I reached the camp. You see," he went on with a slight shudde

ge?" repea

with me," answered The

leave him?" d

come with you

he wall of the cavern to take hold of the Little Brass God

bout the Little Bra

of the wall, with its legs crossed, and its arms folded, and its w

's gone to your he

eorge came to the cabin, and we started out to find the camp, and got

ded Tommy s

elevator and found a man asleep in front of a fire with the Litt

foolish house

us alone together. The storm chased us into a cave, just as I told you, and we kept on going until we ca

understanding that the boy was in

t in case the man made any trouble. Then, just as George was reaching for the little Brass God, the man woke up and sh

ge there in the ca

do anything with that giant of a half-bree

ack to that cavern

an," was

Will know where we

at Thede qu

to find the cavern?"

he boy. "I'm going to

, "and you ought to go to camp and re

s cave in a thousand y

he wind died down, and

he forest and then the boys crept out on

bout your seeing the L

they walk

e reply, "we both

the Little Brass God?" demanded Sandy.

e. He said he'd give m

started in to e

sible the boy repeated

the previo

e Little Brass God, too, didn't you?" the boy

hunt and fish!"

r, I guess," laughed Thede. "You boys never came clear up here just to chase through

Brass God of the pawnbroker?" asked Sandy, as the boys stopped f

reason!" w

ectly willing t

e like a long

n the Little Brass God! Don't you see how suspicious he would

hat all this fuss is about, anyway. Why should any one in his right mind give old Finklebaum

r significantly but made no immedia

ilds of India. Suppose a delegation of East Indians should be sent here to get it.

ly would," w

of the ridge of hills and looked upward. Thede pointed

"but the cavern where the fire and the Lit

going to

eting the bears, you can drop down thr

an opening to t

we saw the man by the fire run out of, too. You can see the tracks of his moccasi

y, advancing lip the slight

for bears!"