“Yes.”
“Good boy! Let’s see if we can’t find something that’ll burn.”
Carefully they felt their way toward the back of the cabin, their eyes gradually becoming accustomed to the gloom. Suddenly Dan, who was slightly in the lead, gave a cry of fear.
At the same instant there was a glare of lightning, and Nelson, peering fearsomely ahead, saw a sight that sent an icy chill down his back.
Almost at their feet stretched a pile of bones that glared white and gruesome in the uncanny light.