“It isn’t here,” Harry answered, “so I guess Ned must have taken it with him. He had it the last time I saw it.”
“What kind of a note was it?”
“Just a short note written on letter paper in pencil.”
“Well, what did it say?”
“It said for Ned to come to where you were, and leave the others in camp. You say you never sent it?”
“Of course, we never sent it!” replied Jimmie scornfully. “We don’t carry paper and pencil with us every time we leave camp!”
“Who brought it?” Frank cut in.
“Why, a dark-skinned little chap who said he had left you in a gulch not far away.”
“Did he look like the boy Ned described this morning?” asked Jimmie.
“Come to think of it, I guess he did!” answered Jack. “Anyway, he was a ragged little chap and looked hungry.”