As the Gray Wolves attacked the house Ted gave the word to advance, and they moved forward as one man, crouching behind the grass tufts to be out of sight of any guard the Wolves might have set.
It took not more than a minute or two to reach the side of the house, and look through the windows.
Inside the living room men could be seen running back and forth, searching for the broncho boys and the treasure.
Finally a wild yell told Ted that the safe had been found.
"That's good," said Ted to Bud. "They're at the safe. It will take all their attention for a while. They don't know, poor fools, that the treasure has been carried out and buried elsewhere. There's where we'll bag most of them. When we get in, boys, look out for Mowbray. Don't let him escape."
At a signal the boys climbed into the living room, which was now deserted, for the Wolves had scattered all over the house. Most of them were in the major's room working on the safe.
They had tried to move it from the house, but it proved too heavy for them, and they were now trying to break it open with an ax which they had found in one of the lower rooms.
Ted had heard the blows as they beat upon the lock, and in the din it was not a difficult thing for the broncho boys to get into the house without being heard.
Several of the Wolves, in searching the lower part of the house, had discovered the locked room in which Stella and the other two were in hiding.
They had attempted to batter down the door, only to be driven from it by shots sent at them by Stella and Caruthers.