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Charlie frowned and glanced up speculatively at the bluff's rim. "Oh, your mountain-sheep theory is no good," Billy Louise giggled. "I doubt if a lizard, even, would try to leave the Cove over the bluff." Which certainly was a sweeping statement, when you consider a lizard's habits. "A mountain sheep couldn't, anyway." "They're hummers to climb " "But calves are not, Mr. Fox! Not like that.
Will began to grow alarmed. It was now high noon, and he felt hungry, so he disposed of the lunch he had carried, at Bluff's suggestion. Incidentally, he blessed his chum for thinking of such a thing. After that he paddled some more, until he grew very tired. "This begins to look some serious. What if I have to spend a night here? Gee! I won't like that much, I guess. Hello!
This ring of rough, reddish hair, tied with a cigar ribbon and lying atop the beads, was Bluff's best tail curl.
Just ahead of us, as we hurried, I caught sight of a flat slab of the shelving rock slipped aside and barely balancing on the edge, one end of it bending down the treetops as if newly slid into that place. All about the stone the thin sod of the bluff's top was cut and trampled as if a struggle had been there. We examined it carefully. A horse's tracks were plainly to be seen.
Crash! came another object. It landed on a platter and bounded off into Bluff's lap. "A rock! Somebody is throwing rocks at us!" cried Will, starting to scramble to his feet in wild excitement. "It must be one of that Lasher crowd," ejaculated Jerry; "come on, boys, and let's get hold of the fellow!" The wildest excitement ensued.
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