“What’s the matter, Abe?” demanded Frank, as he dashed up.
“I am glad you saw it! I am glad you came!” said the boy. “Frank, those men are trying to get into the valley another way.”
“Where? How?”
“Felicia saw them first. Some of them are on the other side.”
“But there is no entrance save the one we are defending.”
“They are planning to get in by descending the face of the precipice. We saw them creep down over the rocks, three or four of them, and it took them a long time. They have reached a precipice that is perpendicular.”
“That should stop them.”
“I watched them through your field glasses, which I found in the cabin. They were letting themselves down with the aid of ropes.”
“Ropes?” exclaimed Dick.
“A new game,” said Frank.