“No,” replied Frank. “I have accomplished my object. Let us now return to the Scorcher.”
Randall was about to re-enter the downward passage, but Frank cried:
“Not that way!”
“What?”
“We will not return that way.”
“Why not?”
“It is too far, and too perilous. We can just slide down the mountain side here easier.”
“But we left the electric lantern on the shore of that lake——”
“Hang the lantern,” cried Frank. “We’ll let it stay there. We’ll not go back for it now, at least.”
“All right,” cried Randall, “I’m more than agreeable. Let’s slide on down.”