"What?" exclaimed the other boys together.
"Shot out," calmly retorted Ned.
CHAPTER XXI
A CORDITE BOMB AND ITS WORK
In a moment the boys were hauling in the rope and Ned was back in the cabin after a new bulb which he secured and attached in the dark.
"Now give her a swing," he said as Bob again lowered the rope. "It will make it harder to hit."
When Bob announced that all the rope was paid out Ned snapped the switch again. In spite of the gravity of the situation all the boys were tempted to laugh. A brilliant green glow shot down. An emerald circle of light flooded the ground beneath.
"If anyone sees that they'll sure think it's a drug store," suggested Bob.
"'Or a sign of the Great Spirit, perhaps," added Ned soberly, "it may help us in more ways than one, if Indians are—"