"But you said something about the Gray Wolves visiting us?"
"Yes. They will be here. Prepare to defend your lives and the house. They know I am here, and they know that you have my sister's treasure. That is what they want."
"How do you know that?"
"Joy told me, and more, which you will learn later. But I feel faint, and can talk no more. 'Ware the Gray Wolves!"
CHAPTER XXII.
THE WOLFSKIN.
Frederic Caruthers' warning was received seriously.
Ted and the boys consulted about the defense of the house, for the news of the Gray Wolves was not much of a surprise to Ted, who had all along felt that they were sure to be attacked by Mowbray and his men when they found that Major Caruthers and the broncho boys had emptied the Mowbray house of all its valuables.
The fact that there was an organized body of murderers and thieves under Mowbray called the Gray Wolves was not inappropriate.