"And I still think so; but you forget that there was another boy up in this region lately, Will."
"You mean Andy Lasher?" exclaimed the one addressed, quickly.
"Yes; and both Jerry and myself have a pretty good idea that he is responsible for this warning to get out."
"But why should Andy want us to leave? He didn't say a word about it the other day, when we saw him. Look here! I've nursed a notion for some time that you two fellows had something between you the rest of us didn't share. Do you think it fair to treat your own true chums that way?" demanded Bluff.
Frank laughed.
"To tell the truth, I don't, Bluff. I've been feeling badly about it for some time, and was determined to take the rest of you into our confidence," he said.
"All right. What better time than while we are eating breakfast, for there's old Adolphus ready to bang the frying-pan as a summons?" declared Will.
Both Bluff and Will showed more or less eagerness to hear what was in the wind, as they began to eat. Frank took pity on them, and with sundry helps from Jerry managed to tell the whole story.
"This seems to just about 'cap the climax,' as they say," remarked Bluff, after he had learned all the facts known to the others.
"Never listened to a more entrancing tale in all my life. Frank, you're sure a born story-teller," declared Will.