“Did you tie him tight?” asked Buck.
“You know it!” was the reply.
Again the men arose and walked into the cabin.
“He’s sure gone!” Rube said.
“He’s gone, all right!” answered Buck.
“When you have had your fun out, perhaps you’ll tell us who it is that’s gone!” ventured Alex, wrinkling his nose and attempting to speak very sternly, and, of course, making a failure of it, “because, you’ve had quite a time at this foolishness.”
“Well,” replied Rube, “we had a surprise for you, but there don’t seem to be anything doing in the astonishment line! We had little old ‘To the Death’ nicely trussed up in the cabin, but it seems that he got away!”
“Got away!” exclaimed Case and Jule in a breath.
“Yes, sir, got away!” replied the giant.
“Nice fellows you are!” exploded Case, sourly. “Why didn’t you tie him up so he wouldn’t get away?”