Part 26 (2/2)
”It means trouble for us,” spoke up Stacy ”I can feel it in my bones”
”Who would desire to make trouble for us here?” demanded the Professor
”I don't know,” replied Tad ”I don't believe that snal”
”No Indian,” grunted Anvik ”Him white man smoke”
”How do you know?” questioned the Professor sharply
”Me know”
”Then perhaps you may be able to tell us whose smoke it is?”
”Him white man Mebby same man, mebby not White , by jink”
”Let's erly ”That would be a joke on him, whoever he is”
Tad said ”no,” and said it ereed the Indian ”S to the southwest
”How do you know that?” asked Butler
”So this way”
”I never knew that before,” reflected Tad ”You see, boys, theya blanket over the s it they cansmokes or short sraph It is a wonderful thing I wouldn't be surprised if those signals could be made out twenty or thirty h to detect the for?” demanded Stacy
”I don't know Anvik says it is whiteabout that S with someone We shan't see them, as they must be all of ten uide
”That sho poorly a novice judges distances in this country,”
nodded Butler ”They ht If they are friendly we shall no doubt ain That is the way I reason it out”
Anvik grunted and nodded The Indian understood a great dealsaid than one would have supposed In fact, to look at hi of as being said about him He was the silent, impassive-faced stoic of his race
After darkness had set in the boys scanned the ht to be seen The Pony Rider Boys'
ca built up a large fire on purpose to attract the attention of the nals from the low mountain peak, low in coes about theht, a late hour for them, and were sound asleep within two minutes thereafter They were aroused an hour later by theroar they had ever listened to
”What's theto pierce the darkness with his gaze
”Is--is the world co to an end?” yelled Ned