“If he didn’t get any more men to come up,” Morris suggested, “he might be able to stop the other crowd’s getting any recruits.”
“Yes, that’s so. When shall I start?”
“The sooner the better,” said Max and Sandy in the same breath.
“Meaning after dark this evening,” added Morris. “You go along down with me, and mebbe I’ll show you a bit of fun to cheer you up. It’ll be early moonlight; you wont have a bad tramp.”
SOME DANGEROUS TARGET PRACTICE.
CHAPTER XIV.
SOME DANGEROUS TARGET PRACTICE.
This settled, Max and Sandy returned to their mining, while Len and Morris lay down behind the newly-strengthened breastwork. The elder man filled his pipe and stretched himself in the sunshine, while Len brought out one of the few books they had and read the stirring story of the robber Doones, and the giant farmer who got his sweetheart from among them by such a pleasant mixture of strategy and strength.