CHAPTER XII
THE SIEGE OF DOUBLE MOUNTAIN
“Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.”
—The Dictionary.
“
Ho-o-e-ee! Hello-o!”
As the curtain rose to the flying echoes Long stepped to the edge of the dump, frying-pan in hand, and sent back an answering shout in the startled high note of a lonely man taken unawares.
“Hello-o!” He brandished his hospitable pan. Then he put it down, cupped hands to mouth and trumpeted a hearty welcome: “Chuck! Come up! Supper’s ready!”