"I've just been up there and discovered how the rotten timbers gave way under the fellow," spoke up Nat Scott, who was known to be of a very investigating turn, and would let nothing continue to puzzle him long, if he could help it.
"Yes, we saw you drop down through the same hole he made," laughed Ty Collins.
"You're covered with dust, too, Nat," remarked Tom Cropsey.
"That's a fact," grinned the investigator.
Elmer had his eye on him. He judged that Nat must have made some sort of discovery, for he looked pleased. He also noted the fact that the other kept one hand behind him as he stood there.
"You found something, didn't you, Nat?" he asked, quietly.
"Well, sure thing," remarked the other; though he looked somewhat surprised at Elmer being able to discover this fact so readily.
"Which you're hiding behind you right now, I opine," continued the scout-master.
"That's what he is, Elmer!" declared several of the other scouts.
"Did you find it on the ground among those broken pieces of flooring?" asked Elmer, pointedly.