"Now," Ned continued, "you have seen Indian service, I understand, so you will no doubt recognize these signs in grass. Read them!"
"Sure I can read them," exclaimed the Captain, "but I never would have discovered them. Indian signals in grass, eh? Now, who do you think put them there?"
At the edge of the thicket were two bunches of grass, each tied tightly at a point near the top. On one the grass stood straight up beyond the band. On the other the top was bent toward the river.
"'Here is the trail,'" Captain Godwin read, pointing to the first one, "and the trail leads this way," he added, pointing to the other. "They left by the river!"
"There is one more," Ned said. "Read this," pointing to three bunches of grass, each tied near the top and standing in a row.
"That is a warning. It says, 'Be careful,'" read the other. "What does it mean?"
"Just what it says. It also means that there is a Boy Scout with the party!"