“Were you ever otherwise?” asked Jack “Come on, we’ll not have anything to eat until this mystery is cleared up.”
They walked on for over a mile, and came to a spot where the trees were interspersed with heavy brushwood.
“Here is one of the wagons,” shouted Andy.
“Here is another!” cried the young major.
“The whole four are here,” came, a minute later, from Pepper. “But where are the men and the horses?”
The wagons stood among the trees and bushes. The eight horses that had been hitched to them were missing, and so were the four drivers. The cadets looked around, but the spot appeared to be deserted.
“Well, we’ve found the wagons anyway,” said Jack. “That’s something.”
“But how are we to get them to Hayville without teams?” asked Stuffer.
“I don’t know. Maybe we can borrow horses nearby, although I don’t see any farmhouse.”
“Say, can’t I get something to eat?” went on Stuffer pleadingly. “I am hollow down to my shoes!”