"Time you get to the top of the hill them deer will be ten miles away!" "I--I couldn't help it," answered Phil, as he arose and gazed sorrowfully after the frying-pan.

"Shall I go back after it ?" he asked.
"Where is it ?" "I see it--sticking in the fork of a cedar tree," answered Roger, and pointed out the pan.
"Let it alone--we can get it when we come back," said the cowboy.

"Now don't make any more noise, or you won't get no chanct at them deer, mark my words!" All of the boys understood the importance of keeping quiet, and as they neared the top of the hill where the deer had been discovered, they moved with great caution and spoke only in whispers.
"The wind is blowing toward us, and that's in our favor," said Sid Todd.
"I know it," answered Dave.

"Deer can scent a fellow a long way off if the wind is towards them." The cowboy now took the lead and told the lads not to make a sound that was unnecessary.

Thus they covered another hundred yards.