A deep silence reigned. One would have said the house had long been deserted.
"I'll go where they can see me, and, if no one shoots, climb over the wood-pile," Jet suggested.
To this plan Harvey would not listen.
He first sent the new-comers to beat the thicket on this side, for the purpose of learning if any of the enemy were in the vicinity, and, when they returned with the information that no one had been seen, he advanced to the very edge of the bushes, where the signal was given.
"They won't be likely to answer it after having been fooled this morning," Jet suggested, and, without waiting for orders, he stepped beyond the shelter of the trees.
Instantly he did so one of the besieged appeared at the window, and hailed:
"Are you alone?"
"There are three besides me," Jet replied, and the words were hardly out of his mouth before the remainder of the party came into view.
"Are you all right?" Harvey shouted.
"Except for being mighty hungry and thirsty."