"Ready? Shoot!"
The two reports sounded almost as one.
"He went down! Oh! we got him!" shrilled the sanguine one, ready to rush forward.
"Hold on!" Bob quickly cried; "see, you're mistaken, for he has scrambled to his feet. Wounded as he is, if he sees us there will be trouble. There, he is heading this way, Sandy! Jump for a tree, lad, jump for a tree!"
CHAPTER IX
ALONG THE BUFFALO TRAIL
Sandy jumped according to orders. With that furious-looking beast coming on the trot, with lowered, massive head, and uttering savage bellows as he advanced, no boy would have hesitated in seeking safety.
"SLIPPING ADROITLY AROUND THE BEECH AS FAST AS THE BUFFALO COULD CHASE AFTER HIM."