CHAPTER XXII
DOLPH GAGE FIRES HIS SHOT
"Yes, if we don't blow ourselves to kingdom come in the effort," growled the man known as Josh.
"You're talking bosh!" grunted Dolph. "Why should we blow ourselves up? Is this the first time we've used dynamite!"
"But there's such a lot of the stuff," grunted Josh. "We must have a hundred and fifty sticks on the sled."
"All of that," nodded Gage.
"If the stuff goes oh accidentally, when we're near——-"
"Then our troubles will be over," said Gage grimly.
"I'm not so all-fired anxious to have my troubles over that way," grumbled Josh. The other man said nothing, but he looked extremely thoughtful.
"The best way to make the thing sure," Gage went on, "is to get to work before some one comes prowling this way."