"Going to hit for the road now, Dick ?" "We can't reach the road until our hour is up; we're bound to keep to the woods," Prescott replied.

"However, you'll note that I am taking a course that will gradually lead us to the road." "Right-o," nodded Reade, after taking a look at their surroundings.
All the members of Dick & Co.

had spent so much of their time in the woods that they knew every foot of the way.
"I wonder where that valiant band of whites is, anyway ?" muttered Dave.

"I haven't heard a sound of them." "You may hear their battle yell any minute," Dick whispered.
"Be careful not to talk loudly enough to give them any clue." For two or three minutes more Dick led the way.

Of a sudden he halted---right up against a huge surprise.