"Hurt?" queried his chum.
"No, but it didn't do my wind any good," was the reply.
At last they struck the regular mountain road and then their course was straight up the mountain.
"We'll get there about noon," declared Link. "And that will just suit me, for it will be a dandy place for resting."
Link was right, they found themselves close to the top of the mountain at just five minutes to the noon hour. They slowed up a bit, and just as Harry's watch pointed to twelve they came out on the Point.
"Hurrah! the first half of the chase is over!" cried Link.
"And they haven't caught us yet."
And then they sat down, to rest and to partake of the lunch they had brought along.
CHAPTER XXI.
STOPPED BY TRAMPS.