"Tell them, Fenton," he said, "whether the lad woke up during my absence. You were here all the time?" he added.
"Yes, I was here all the time!" answered Fenton. "And the lad never opened his eyes once. That was a deuce of a blow you gave him, Cameron!"
"And what did you gain by it?" demanded Sandy.
"We'll show you directly what we gained by it!" Cameron answered.
Seeing a bucket of water at one side of the cavern, George carried it over to the heap of blankets where the boy lay and began bathing his forehead and wrists. The boy groaned feebly but did not speak.
"What did you hit him with?" asked George angrily.
"The handle of my gun!" was the sullen reply.
"Why?" asked Sandy.
"Because I wanted to get a paper he had."
"Well, you got it, didn't you?" asked the boy.