"
"I suppose you boys are doing this under the orders of this Nestor
boy?" asked Bradley. "When you get to him, kindly ask him to call on
me. I want to know what all this means."
"Let's see, what was it you said about the child you brought in with
you?" asked Jimmie, wrinkling his freckled nose until it did not seem
possible to ever get it out straight again, "what was it you said his
name was? Was it Prince Abductable or Mike the Third?"
Bradley scowled but said nothing. The boys now set off up the slope
with their prisoner. Now and then they turned to look into the canyon
and the valley below.
The men they had observed in the canyon were slowly ascending. There
were four of them, and it seemed to the boys that they were examining
every foot of the ground they covered. Bradley looked downward, too,
and a smile came to his face as he did so. It was plain that he
expected help from that quarter.
The boys walked as swiftly as possible, and soon came to the summit,
where a view of the camp was had. The corral where the mules were
feeding was also in sight, farther down, and Teddy was seen making
friends with Uncle Ike.
The camp looked so quiet and deserted that Jimmie took out his field
glass again and looked closely.
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