On the air there came to them a sudden scream.
"That was a girl's voice!" gasped Greg.
"Or a woman's," nodded Dick. "We've got to——-"
Again a piercing scream, then more screams in two voices.
"Hustle!" finished Dick, as the three boys broke into a run in the direction whence the sound of the voices came to them.
CHAPTER XVI
THE CAMP INVADED AND CAPTURED
Clad in their long fishing boots, none of the boys made anything like his usual speed in running.
Grumbling inwardly at their clumsy gait, all three hurried as fast as they could into the near-by stretch of forest.
There, in a path, they came upon a middle-aged woman accompanied by four girls, all of whom showed signs of unusual alarm.