The woods are full of them." "Of whom ?" demanded Grace, getting quickly to her feet and hurrying to Hippy.
"I don't know, but I saw several men about two hundred yards from here.
They are creeping up on the camp.

Hurry! Get the girls into the cave.

I will keep watch here until you get safely to the cave." It was but a few minutes later when the Overland girls filed silently from their camp and headed for the cave.

Hippy, rifle in hand, halted just outside the camp and waited.

He did not have long to wait.