"Don't see how he does it," remarked George, with a doubting shake of his head.
"Oh, the more you study up on this thing," said Red, "the better you'll like it. No end of clever stunts that can be engineered. But see here, Matty, didn't you say we must be getting near the place where we expected to round up both foxes and hounds?"
"Yes, I'm looking to hear the bugle any minute right now," replied the leader.
"Where was it fixed for?" asked Landy.
"Oh, I thought you knew," Matty replied, as they once more took up the broad trail, at the point beyond the end of the fallen tree.
"I heard some talk about an old mill, but didn't pay much attention to it," remarked Landy, carelessly.
"Then you've got to turn over a new leaf, old fellow, if you expect to ever succeed as a good scout," Red broke in with.
"How's that?" demanded Landy.
"Because," replied the red-headed lad, himself always wide-awake and on the alert, "a scout to succeed must forever keep his wits about him and observe things. In fact, Elmer says he should take as a motto, besides the words 'Be Prepared' the old sign you see at railroad crossings."
"Stop! look! listen!" exclaimed Matty, Larry, and Chatz in chorus.