The ray played out, vanished, but Andy kept his head down and waited. Minutes passed. Gravel crunched at his left and he swung the blaster up, but it was the honey-bear.
"Oh, it's you," Andy said. "Get back up there and keep your eye peeled for the man with the ray gun."
"He has beat it. I saw him slip back up the ravine and over the ridge."
"The deuce he has!"
"Yeh. Let's get out of here. This shooting makes me nervous."
Andy stuck his head over the boulder. Nothing happened. He waved his cap, sure that this would draw fire, but it didn't. He lifted his blaster, whereupon Oscar hurried out of sight. He loosed a couple of pellets, which tore up great holes in the rocky ravine. There was no answer. He climbed up on the boulder. Only desolation met his eye.
"Is the shooting over?" Oscar chirped from some unseen but probably secure refuge.
"Yeh. Come on out."
The honey-bear came into sight. He looked up at Andy.
"Boss, I tell you let's get out of here. First thing you know, you'll get in the way of a heat beam, and then what'll I do for sugar?"