[CHAPTER XIV]
DOWN A HOLE
Jerry and Bob looked sharply at Ned Slade. One thought was in the minds of the tall lad and Chunky.
“Was Ned joking?”
But a look at his serious face forbade any such idea as that. He was in dead earnest as he looked about on the frowning rocky walls of the canyon that hemmed them in.
“Lost! What do you mean?” exclaimed Bob, and from the caverns about them came back the mocking echo.
“You mean!”
“Just what I say—we’re lost!” cried Ned. And the echo said:
“Lost!”
“For cats’ sake don’t yell so!” begged Jerry. “This is getting on my nerves!”
Though he had spoken in only a low voice, back to his ears and those of his chums came the weird whisper: