"Oh, it's he," Sue cried joyfully as she jumped for the man.
"Royce, sure as guns," Jack added.
"Good boy." Bob shoved the revolver back in his pocket and then they were all trying to shake hands with him at the same time.
"Now tell us all about it," Sue ordered when the first greetings were over.
"But first tell us if you think they're after you," Bob said. "Safety first, you know."
"I think they've given it up," he told them. "They almost had me a dozen times, but I managed to slip them and I haven't heard a thing for the last half hour."
"But how did you get away?" Sue demanded impatiently.
"Well, they had me tied, that is my hands were tied behind my back, but I'm pretty good when it comes to getting ropes loose, and I had very little trouble in fixing it so that I could slip the knot any time I wanted to."
"Didn't they tie your feet?" Sue asked as he paused.
"No, I guess they thought I wouldn't go very far with my hands tied, and with two men standing guard over me. Well, I was in a tent with four or five of them and was sound asleep when someone shouted that you had got away. Maybe I wasn't glad. The men all jumped up and rushed out of the tent, all but one, and as soon as they were gone I jumped him. It was darker'n pitch in the tent and I don't know where I hit him, but it must have been in a pretty good place, because he dropped like a log and I beat it. He must have come to pretty soon, though, for they were after me in almost no time and how I ever got away I don't know."