A burst of rifle fire woke the mountain echoes, but, being out of the range of fire, he merely crouched down and waited to see what the attackers would do.
In the cave, the Overland girls were peering from the opening, but, by agreement, not a shot was fired by them or by Lieutenant Wingate.
The shooting kept up briskly for several minutes, then died away, and silence settled over the scene.

Hippy remained near the camp so long that the girls began to feel concerned for him.

This was dispelled nearly half an hour later when they discovered him, well bent over to hide his movements, running towards them.
"Whew! They didn't do a thing to our tents.

Shot them full of holes," he exclaimed.

"They are going through everything and they're getting worried, judging from what I overheard.