“Just as we thought, the opening of a tunnel!” exclaimed Don.
CHAPTER XXII
THE DEN
No sooner were the words out of Don’s mouth than a burst of flame came from the interior of the cairn and a shot whistled uncomfortably close to their heads. They made all haste to retreat, Ned dragging Jim aside somewhat roughly.
“He’s in there, all right,” said Jim, grimly.
“Yes, there must be a regular hiding place in there,” responded Ned. “The question is: how are we going to get him out? We certainly can’t rush him in there.”
“We can starve him out,” suggested Don.
“That will take too long,” said Ned. “However, if there isn’t anything else to do, we’ll do that.”
“I have another plan,” put in Jim. “We’ll smoke him out!”
“Smoke him out!” echoed Don and Ned.
“Sure, why not? I doubt if there is any other outlet to that cairn, except maybe some small air-hole, so we can easily smoke him out. Let’s gather some of this green wood and set it afire.”