"I wish I had," murmured the fat boy.
"Now just what do you want to say to us?" demanded the Professor, considerably irritated.
"That you'll have to get off this Ridge right quick or it'll be the worse for you," announced the stranger in a commanding voice.
[CHAPTER XII]
FACING NEW OBSTACLES
"Leave the Ridge?" cried the boys in chorus.
"Leave these mountains? Is that what you mean?" demanded the Professor indignantly.
"I reckon that's it."
"Why so? Why should we leave here until we have finished our journey?" interjected Tad, eyeing the man keenly.
"Because I say so. I'm not talking to you."