“Suppose they follow us up here!” Jack said in a breath. “We haven’t got any more guns than a rabbit!”
“Ned and Jimmie have guns,” Harry replied.
“Ned and Jimmie?” repeated both boys.
“Sure!” answered Harry. “You scared me so with your talk of mountain gnomes that I forgot to tell you that Ned and Jimmie came into the pit by way of a hempen elevator.”
“Where are they now?” asked Frank.
“They went out to see what the shooting was about!”
The two boys who had arisen to their feet at mention of their chums’ names now dropped flat on the rock.
“I’d like to know what else is coming off here tonight!” Frank exclaimed. “There’s a herd of cave dwellers chasing us up from behind, and a party of half-breeds trying to shoot us up from in front. Tell you what I’m going to do,” he went on, “I’m going to become a disciple of Gilroy. As soon as I get back to little old New York, I’m going to stay there!”
CHAPTER XVIII
JIMMIE FINDS A WAY
“That isn’t one of the boys,” Ned decided as a figure very faintly outlined under the stars approached the place where the two stood.