"We could remain here, of course, waiting for more things to happen, but my belief is that daylight would find us still standing here, like so many foiled dummies.

We might as well return to camp.

What do you think ?" "Yes; we'd better go back to camp," assented Tom.
"I'm agreeable," murmured Greg So back to camp they went, going by the open road as much of the way as served their purpose.
"There's the camp," muttered Tom, as they caught sight of a light between the trees.

"Why the fellows have started a campfire." "What do you say if we slip up on them and give them something to jump about ?" laughed Greg.
"That might work with some people," negatived Dick, "but Darry is there, and he's impulsive.

He might half kill us before he discovered his mistake.