I've got a few good ones left."
"Now, Jack," Ned said, "suppose you connect with Uncle Ike and make
for the nearest telegraph office? Don't break your neck, and the neck
of the mule, but get there as soon as you can. And get back as soon
as you receive an answer."
"Why can't I go with him?" asked Jimmie. "I guess I want a mule
ride."
"Go it, if you want to!" Ned laughed. "That will leave us one mule to
run away on if things get too hot for us here!"
CHAPTER XXI
TOLD BY THE PICTURES
"You'll think we took great care of the camp!" Teddy said, flushing,
to Ned, as Jack and Jimmie, followed by the cheers and good wishes of
their chums, started away.
"Aw, it wasn't Teddy's fault at all," Oliver declared. "He went down
to tell Uncle Ike what a gentleman and a scholar he was, and I was
supposed to watch the tent."
"And I was to help him," wailed Dode. "See how well I did it!"
He swung a hand around at the mess on the ground.
"So, while Teddy was down at the corral, Dode and I sat down to
develop some snapshots. We never looked out at all! After we had a
lot of pictures ready to show on your return, we heard a noise
outside and thought Teddy had come back."
"And there is when we got it!" Dode cut in.
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