As Tom focused his camera, and clicked the shutter, there was a movement in the tangle of vines and bushes near what had been the main entrance to the mill.
“Look out!” exclaimed Jack. “Some one’s coming!”
[CHAPTER X]
A CURIOUS CONFERENCE
Holding themselves in readiness for whatever they might see, or for whatever might happen, the boys peered anxiously toward the place whence the noise and movement came.
“False alarm!” laughed Tom, as a fox leaped into view and then, seeing human enemies, slunk out of sight.
“It made noise enough for a man,” declared Jack. “I sure thought it was the hermit getting ready to repel boarders.”
“And treasure seekers,” added Dick.
“Well, let’s go ashore,” suggested Bert. “That is, if Tom is done taking fancy snap shots of the old ruin.”