"Penned up in this den until we go mad," was the blood-chilling view of Schneider.
"Say, you fellows give me the creeps."
Billy wanted his troubles one at a time.
The next one was all too near.
While feeling his way around the rocky walls, Schneider settled in his tracks as though he had been shot.
"Don't you hear water splashing?" For confirmation he stared blankly at the boys who had not as yet strayed away from the ladder.
"Are you starting your madhouse already?" demanded Billy.
"But there is water running near," insisted Schneider. "Come over here, if you don't believe it."
As if to humor their friend, the boys joined him.