"There, look at that!" he cried, presently. "The stick has gone
through into something!"
He withdrew the stick as he concluded, and the boys saw a single ray
of light shoot down upon them. All sprang to the opening quickly.
"There is daylight there, that is sure!" cried Whopper, and his voice
had a ring of hope in it. "Let us dig away a little dirt and see what
comes of it."
All were willing, and they poked at the dirt with care, using such
sticks as they could find for the purpose. At first the ground came
away slowly, but soon Snap noticed several cracks.
"Look out there!" he cried. "Something is coming down! Get back!"
All leaped out of danger and the next moment down came a mass of
dirt, rocks and brushwood, scattering in all directions. The
downfall left a hole all of two yards in diameter, and they could
easily look out on the sky.
"Hurrah!" cried Whopper. "This is how the young hunters escape from
their underground dungeon cell!"
The fall of the dirt and rocks had left a mound on the center of the
cave floor, and by mounting this they were enabled to pull themselves
to the earth's surface.
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