“That’s so; I never gave it a thought before. Lead on and take my rifle; maybe you will be able to shoot something.”
Leo took the weapon and saw that it was loaded with but four cartridges.
That was the only firearm between the two, Leo having lost his when he tumbled down the rocky decline in the Devil’s Kingdom.
“We have only got four shots to depend on,” said the boy, motioning Lacy to follow him; “but if I have occasion to use them I’ll make every one tell.”
His companion nodded, and the two started back toward the place they had come from.
In a few minutes they reached the shore and began looking about them for some signs of a creature that might do to eat.
A couple of hundred yards to the right was a group of rocks, which looked as though it might possibly contain the lair of a wild beast of some sort.
Toward this Leo directed his steps, Lacy following.
They searched about the place for over half an hour, but not a living thing could they come across.