"Now put out the fire and we'll be off," said Shep, and he saw to it
personally that every spark of the blaze was extinguished. As my
old readers know, the boy hunters knew only too well what a forest
fire meant, and they had no desire to start such a conflagration.
Their route now lay over some hills that were more or less strange
to them. But they had received many instructions from Jed Sanborn,
and thought they would have little trouble in gaining a trail back
of the hills that led into the Windy Mountains.
"Are the mountains really windy?" asked Snap as they began the climb
up the hills back of the lake, each with a good-sized load strapped
to his back.
"They are only windy at certain times of the year," answered the
doctor's son. "But when it blows, why, it blows, so Jed Sanborn
said."
"Then we'll have to put our tent up good and strong," came from
Whopper. "We don't want to wake up some night and find ourselves
blown into the middle of next year!"
"And dying to know how we are going to get back," added Giant dryly.
"Giant, if you say dying again---" began Whopper.
Pages:
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133