“I am going to make a suggestion,” suddenly said Leo.
“What is it?” asked his cousin.
“Let us go down the steps and see what has become of those who have already gone down.”
“Agreed!” exclaimed the professor, who was ready for anything.
“Oh! for de good Lor’ sakes! don’t go down dere. De debbil am dere, suah!” whined Lucky, in a frightened manner.
“Keep still, coon, and don’t git skeered. We may as well go as far and see as much as we kin, since we have got ter this dod-rotted country. I, for one, are satisfied to go down them steps.”
The Yankee gave a contemptuous glance at the darky as he spoke, and then nodded for Leo to lead on.
Dick had not passed his opinion on the question yet, but that he was perfectly willing need scarcely be said.
But at the same time it occurred to him that they ought to take some sort of a light with them.
They had left their supplies at the point where they had been compelled to use the ax in the thicket.