But Prescott came closer to the dog with the lantern.
"Towser has his foot caught in a steel trap.

I'm afraid his leg is broken," quivered Hazelton, as he threw himself on the ground beside his pet.

"Hold still, boy! Let me take it off of you." The dog permitted himself to be held while Tom Reade pried open the jaws of the steel fox trap, the chain to which the pup had dragged over the ground.
"That's a queer accident," commented Greg Holmes.
"Accident ?" flamed Harry.

"This thing is no accident.

It was done on purpose, and I wouldn't need but one guess to name the two-legged cur that did this!" All of the boys understood at once that Hazelton was accusing Fred Ripley of setting the trap.
Towser, as soon as released, limped a little, but proved that his leg was not broken, though it had been cut in the trap.
"Woof!" he exploded angrily, as soon as he found that he could run about on his injured leg.