“You said the opening here looked like one near our last camping place.”
“I was mistaken.”
“Then you don’t think we’ll reach camp to-night?”
“I’m afraid not, Tom. There’s no use evading the true condition of affairs. We’ve been going in a wrong direction all day. We are lost!”
CHAPTER X.
IN THE WILDERNESS.
It was a dreary prospect for the tired and hungry boys, and Tom’s face lengthened as he realized the hardship and privation in store for them.
They had eaten the last morsel of food they had brought with them the day before, and the danger of actual starvation stared them in the face.
“We may have wandered miles from the camp, and Mr. Hunter may be looking for us in an entirely different direction,” said Will, seriously.
“Can’t we reach some town or settlement?” inquired Tom, hopefully.