"And here is mine," whispered Roger. "If that fellow thinks he is coming here unseen, won't he be surprised!"
"Hush!" came softly from Dave. "Look behind him! There is a second fellow coming!"
Our hero was right, a second figure had emerged from the shadow of some rocks. The two persons were coming along slowly, as if to make certain that they were not being observed.
"I know that second fellow!" whispered Dave, a moment later. "See how tall and thin he is. It's old Haskers!"
"Yes, and the other fellow is Link Merwell," replied Roger, a second later.
CHAPTER XXVII
THE TWO PRISONERS
The three chums were right; the two persons who were approaching the camp on the mountainside so stealthily were Link Merwell and Job Haskers.
They came on step by step, looking ahead and to either side, as if on the alert to flee at the first sign of danger.