The lush grass still carried the odor of tobacco,
and the boy knew that the watcher had not been long absent from his
post.
He went back to the camp, and, much to the surprise of Teddy and
Oliver, began packing.
"What's doing now?" the boy asked.
"Why," laughed Ned, "haven't I agreed to get out of here to-morrow or
next day?"
"Yes, but--"
"We're going to pack, anyway," Ned said, "whether we leave or not!
There are people watching every move we make, and I want to convey to
them the idea that we are going at once."
"If they are watching us," Oliver suggested, "they doubtless saw Jack
and Jimmie leave the camp."
"They undoubtedly did," Ned admitted.
"And will follow them, I'm afraid."
"I've been wondering whether the boys got out of the hills in
safety," Ned went on. "They were well mounted, and should have been
able to dodge the outlaws. Besides, Jimmie and Jack are, as the boys
say on the Bowery, inclined to be 'foolish in the head--like a fox.'
So they are probably safely out by this time."
"But, still, I'm worrying about them!" Oliver replied.
CHAPTER XXIII
RACING MOTORS ON THE WAT
"Some day," Jimmie said, as he urged Uncle Ike down an eastern slope
of the Alleghany mountains, "I'm going to have this mule put in a
book.
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