"Let go, let go!" cried Dave, laughing and dancing about.
"What's the matter?" asked Jimmie incredulously. "Gone crazy?"
"My word, but this is funny!" laughed Dave, gasping for breath. "Here are the boys, who were looking for us, and instead of rescuing us we have captured them. Let go that line and let 'em up!"
"What?" was Jimmie's open-mouthed question. "What's that?"
"Sure enough!" declared Dave, swinging his arms to indicate that he wanted Jimmie to give more slack to the line. "It's the boys!"
"Say that again, please!" cried Jimmie, dropping the lasso and bounding forward. "That's good news if it's true."
Jimmie lost no time in convincing himself that Dave was indeed correct in his statement. One glance at the struggling trio and he sat down upon the grass, where he doubled up with laughter.
"Well," was Jack's scornful admonition, "better stop and save some of it for another occasion. You might need it."
"Oh, ho, ho!" laughed Jimmie. "This is the best joke yet!"
"Where's the joke?" asked Harry, struggling to his feet and throwing off the loop of the lasso. "This is no joke for us!"