"
"Oh, no," laughed Tad. "I knew there must be some way out, for I
found a moccasin track down there in the sand before I turned in last
night."
"You must have pretty good eyes to find a moccasin track in the dark,"
laughed Ned.
"I did not say it was dark. I made the discovery before that."
"Tell us about it," urged Walter.
"You didn't find any of Eagle-eye's evil spirits down there, did you?"
asked Ned.
"No. I wish I had. I should have been glad of company of any kind."
"We want to hear how you got out," spoke up Chunky. "I--I came pretty
near falling in after you, too."
"Yes, I know. Well, to begin with, before I found the moccasin track
I noticed that there was room to walk along by the side of the stream.
When the moon came up, not being able to sleep, for some reason--I
guess it was on account of the water that made such a racket, I
thought I'd look around a bit. After I got started I kept on going
and going, and the further I went the less steep did the banks
appeared--"
"How far did you go?" interrupted the Professor.
"I haven't the slightest idea."
"I presume you found no great change in the topographic features of--"
Tad laughed good-naturedly.
"I was trying to get out, Professor. Finally, I found a place that
looked good and after I had scrambled up some fifteen feet I
discovered that I had struck a trail.
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