After supper, we are to be bound hand and foot; and Arthur, to show how brave he is, and how cowardly we are, is going to resist, and Pierre has promised that his men shall not handle him roughly.

O, you'll find out!" he continued, seeing that his friends looked incredulous.

"I crept up behind that bowlder, and heard all about it.

I did not understand all the conversation; but I know that Arthur is a traitor, and that we are indebted to him for our capture." Archie and Johnny were utterly confounded.

They could not find words strong enough to express their feelings.