"Which way did he run?" throbbed Hi.
"That way." Garwood pointed to the road.
"You fellows get a few things on and run after Teall as fast as you can go," ordered Hi. "Quick! Don't lose a moment. Do you hear?"
"Yes," nodded Prescott.
"Hustle, then!"
"Forget it," requested Dick, deliberately drawing on a shoe over a sock, next doing the lacing slowly and with great care.
"Which one of you will go!" asked Hi, turning appealingly to the others.
"Hear the echo?" mocked Dave Darrin. "The echo says, 'which one?'"
"Say, you fellows are meaner than poison!" Hi exploded tremulously.
"You have a very short memory, Hi," retorted Greg Holmes.