The authorities have probably furnished them." Just then a popping fire rang out further up the lake slope.
"There it goes!" almost yelled Danny Grin.

"The marshals have run into the moonshiners.

The fight is on.

Oh, I hope none of our fellows are being hit!" Certainly the firing continued briskly.

Dodge forgot all about lighting the fuse of the fireworks' bomb.
Instead, he crouched low, then darted from the bushes, running as fast as he could to the point where he had left his companion.
"In here!" chuckled Bayliss gleefully.