Perhaps it was the
loneliness of his position. Yet he had been alone in mountain and
forest many times before.
"Hello, up there!" he shouted, pulling himself to a sitting position.
"Hello!" answered Walter.
"I'm going to bed. Don't worry about me. I suppose the Indian has
not returned?"
"No such luck," answered Ned, who had come up beside Walter and
replied to Tad's question.
"And he won't be back till morning," sang the boy down there in the
shadows.
"Right you are," laughed Ned. "If he gets back then we are in great
luck. I'll let the rope down to you if he should happen to return
during the night."
"No; wait till morning. I wouldn't care to try to climb up in the
dark. I'd be likely to get hurt if I did. You had better all turn in
now. There will be no need for you to sit up."
"All right," answered Ned and Walter at once.
"I think perhaps Master Tad is right. We had better go to bed. I
would suggest, however, that one of you roll up in his blankets
outside here, so that he can hear if Master Tad calls," suggested
Professor Zepplin.
"That's a good idea. I'll do that, with your permission, Professor,"
offered Ned Rector promptly.
"Yes. Then Walter and Stacy had better go to their tents. If
anything occurs during the night, remember you are to let me know at
once. If Eagle-eye returns, I want to know it, too.
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