“Je-rusalem!” exclaimed Jimmie. “It’s a wonder he didn’t do something more than steal our grub.”
“I didn’t suppose,” Frank cut in, “that there was a human being anywhere in this district except ourselves.”
“Well,” Ned replied, “there’s some one prowling about, and the thing for us to do is to find out who it is.”
“It’s the mystery of the thing that gets me!” declared Frank.
CHAPTER II
A VOICE IN THE THICKET
“That’s just what it is—a mystery!” Jimmie McGraw exclaimed.
“How could anyone get in here and lug away a load of provisions like that without our waking up? They just couldn’t do it!”
This from Jack, who had now returned with his half-eaten steak.
“I heard some one moving around in the night,” Frank declared.
“Then, why didn’t you get up and see about it?” asked Ned.