“I don’t know what we’ve struck, but we know that wasn’t no coyote’s call,” declared Case.
“It had a human sound,” interrupted Jule.
“Listen!” warned Buck. “We’ll hear it again in a moment. I thought I heard it then.”
“That was only rain,” explained Alex. “The first one might have been that, too.”
At that instant, before another word could be spoken, a great light flashed out, followed by a shrill scream.
CHAPTER X
A BIT OF DYNAMITE
“That’s Tommy!” whispered Jule.
“But the light? Who turned that on?” Alex whispered in reply to the suggestion.
“It doesn’t seem to be the thing to do—showing a light just at this time,” Clay commented.