"Nothing, till dark," said Badger.
"And what then?"
"Then we ken get at 'em."
"But how?"
"While two of us shoot at the front of the rock to attract 'em, two others can climb up behind and finish the job for good," said Badger.
[CHAPTER XXXIII.—IN A TRAP.]
From his lookout Sam kept a constant watch on the four horsemen, and he made up his mind from their movements that they were not going back without letting him hear from them again.
"W'at you tink now, 'bout dis time?" asked Ike, who, with Wah Shin, had crept up from one of the excavations to Sam's side.
"I think, Ike, that those men are not our friends," said Sam, pointing to the distant group.
"Dat's jest how I feel. De worl' wouldn't be no wuss off if de earf was to open up an' swaller all dem men an' den come shut agin, like a rat-trap, Mistah Sam! Do you know what I tinks?"