"Something is wrong sure!" cried Bob, and brought Darling to a halt.
There was a cry, taken up by the pioneers one after another, a cry that made the hearts of the three boys sink like lead in their bosoms:
"The spring ahead has gone dry! There isn't a drop of water for any of us!"
CHAPTER XII
SUFFERING FROM THIRST
"The spring gone dry?" cried Si, who was the first to speak.
"And I am as dry as a bone myself!" came from Mark, with something like a groan.
"I guess we are all dry enough," remarked Bob. "Even poor old Darling is suffering."
"Let us go ahead and make certain the report is true," said Mark. "There may be a little water, even if there isn't much."