“And to tell the truth, it kinder looks that way to me,” Jack grinned.
As Bob had predicted, it was only a few minutes before they could tell by the sound that the roof was burning, not only in one place, but in at least three.
“It’s no use trying it again,” Bob sighed. “Even if they didn’t shoot, they can start those fires a good deal faster than we can put them out.”
“Then our only hope is that Kernertok’ll get back in time,” Rex suggested.
“I guess that’s about the size of it,” Bob replied.
“I wish I knew that he got through all right. What do you think about it?” Jack asked turning to Bob.
“I feel pretty sure, that unless they got him, they don’t know that he’s gone,” Bob replied.
“What makes you think that?” Rex asked.
“Because if they knew that he had gone for help, they wouldn’t have waited till now to start firing the roof,” Bob assured him.
“Sounds reasonable,” Rex said.