Then she dropped off to sleep. But even as she slept, deadly peril hung over her young and beautiful head.
CHAPTER IX.
POMP’S MISTAKE.
Frank Reade, Jr., felt comparatively safe as he rolled himself up in a blanket and went to sleep. He did not believe that the villain, Cliff, would be able to molest them that night.
It was Barney’s first watch.
The Hibernian, until midnight, kept a good lookout in the cage. Then he called Pomp to succeed him.
The darky kept a good lookout until the early morning hours.
The darkness was most intense.
At about this time Pomp experienced a deadly faintness at the pit of the stomach and a great longing for water.
His thirst became most consuming, and it seemed as if he must, at any cost, gratify it.
But he found, upon looking in the tank, that it was empty.