Frank felt a thrill pass over him at this. Then the sound could not have been made by any one of his comrades. Who then was prowling around that danger zone? Even as he asked himself this important question he heard a sudden sharp "click!" that could only be made by the trigger of his dead-fall trap; then came a heavy, sodden, crunching sound, that told better than words what had happened. Frank jumped to his feet, shouting:
"Wake up! wake up! we've caught something, fellows. Wake up everybody!"
CHAPTER XVI
THE CHIEF MEETS AN OLD FRIEND
There was a tremendous amount of excitement in the workshop when Frank aroused his four chums by this cry. All around him he could hear them calling out.
"Another fake alarm, I bet!" grumbled Larry.
"It's that miserable Elephant again," said Andy in disgust. "He ought to be taken down to the lake and ducked, that's what!"
"Me ducked? I'd like to see you do it!" shrilled a voice close beside
Andy, and which he recognized as belonging to the runt.
"Hey! Frank, what is it?" demanded Larry.
"Light up! we want to see something!" called Andy, now beginning to experience a strange sensation in the region of his heart, as the possibility of its being the genuine article of alarm struck home.