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

s Will beat frantically against the r

t in there?"

rance and shoot up th

's got us

ornered, too!"

got the high hand,"

age isn't more than a foot thick and it's full of cracks, at that

hinnicks all righ

hinnicks, for Pierre is almost standing on his head

ch had fallen from the walls and threw them

ith cheers from the other side, and he redoubled them, with the result that in a shor

icking up above a barrier which reached almost to the ceiling. T

'd better get out of range of that

r which Will had recently left and lo

outer room. "You thieves!" he cri

d idiot mean by t

e!" repli

ever get y

sk of us!" declared Tommy. "Ho

away boys," replied Will. "He brought me to the hills

ch of George," Tommy grinned. "He was so mighty careful to get us into safe qua

all for?" Will ask

n can tell you bette

ber Thede Carson,

sed to know as Thede Carson," Will laughed. "He looks now, t

Thede, "but there's no knowing whether I

dy explained. "Perhaps he can tell

t seem to like the idea of my associating with George," the boy added

ulting taunts, the boys explained the events of the past night. The thing which startl

sure?"

ain s

irelight or anyt

the Little

e who sat bef

k his head

hink so,"

see the m

s breast at first, and then, when he loo

have at least located

ommy. "That's one question you didn't ans

t had been opened at all, the trick was tur

out George?

ied him away,"

I figure it ou

no tracks his size. There were plenty of other tracks,

e saw a large moccasin track there, and how do we know that s

ed. "I never thought about the means that might have been used to conceal the kid's exi

at some one carried h

it is!" San

We were all so anxious to chase out and find George that we didn't pay much attention to the room, but I b

thing about that

came from the little wound George received, acc

vern, we'd have found bear steak and refus

's right," Th

se moccasin tra

d follow 'em up!

te your way through these rocks

of time when we'll g

reed can't keep us

, rubbing the waistband of his trousers affecti

ut in. "I'm shy a

snowballs!" Thede said, with a grin.

tside and take a sho

ooking reproac

guns away from yo

e did!" re

id he

led through a crack in the rock, and then gr

talking all day," Sandy ventured. "The

gested, "is this: Why did he do i

don't know whether Pierre has possession of the ugly little beast, or whether he is trying

a good guess,"

been frequently heard, alternately cursing and coaxing the

want?" Will a

e!" was t

he opening and flashed his searc

tter!" shou

" demanded Tommy. "You wa

manded the half-breed. "Send

ou, Will,"

to the opening, Thede caught hi

ait a minut

held it beyond the opening, at the same time let

n you do," Thede said, as he pushe

without risking his own hands, a rifle shot rang through th

he figured that you'd fall into this chamber, and that we

t?" deman

If we just could get in behind that half-breed and chuck him into th