"A rescue party?" whispered Tom. "Where would a rescue party--"
He stopped suddenly. Unmistakably there were voices on the other side of the barrier--human voices.
"It is a rescue party!" cried Ned.
"I--I hope so," spoke Tom slowly.
"Mr. Damon--Eradicate!" yelled Ned with the sudden strength of hope, "they're coming to save us! Hurry over here!"
And then, as he and Tom stood, they saw, with staring eyes, the great stone slab slowly beginning to rise!
Chapter XXIV The Fight
The talk sounded more plainly now--a confused murmur of voices--many of them--the sound coming under the slowly raising stone doorway.
"Who can it be--there's a lot of them," murmured Ned.