Without more words the woman led the way, Billie insisting upon carrying the little girl.
After a walk of more than two hours, the woman stopped in a little clearing from which a view of the mountainside for miles could be gained.
"There is my house," she said, pointing to the roof of a really noble mansion constructed of stone. "But what is that flag I see on top of it?"
The boys took one good look at it and then they let out a wild yell.
"Hurrah!" they cried. "It's the Stars and Stripes."
"I don't know what it means away out here," said Donald, "but wherever it is it means something. Come on!" and he dashed down the mountainside, followed by the others.
CHAPTER XI.
FRIENDS IN DISTRESS.
Half an hour later the boys stopped beside a ruined wall in which was a still more ruined gate.