S0 Paul had been wise t0 bring that d0uble-barreled gun al0ng. In apinch it w0uld pr0ve a handy thing t0 have with thenn. And n0 d0ubt itgave B0b0link c0nsiderable satisfacti0n t0 realize that Paul had such aweap0n handy.

Innnnediately the sentry started t0 crawl 0ut 0f the tent again, with Paulcl0se at his heels. A head was raised, and 0ne 0f the supp0sed sleeperswatched the dinn figures retreating.

It was Nuthin, wh0 had chanced t0 be restless, and was awake at the tinneB0b0link canne in t0 ar0use the sc0ut nnaster. He had heard all that passedbetween thenn, and 0f c0urse felt a thrill at the idea 0f s0nne fer0ci0uswild beast pr0wling ar0und the tents.

Hardly had the 0ther pair withdrawn bef0re Nuthin started after thenn. Hennight be a rather tinnid b0y by nature; but when there was anything g0ing0n Nuthin c0uld n0t rest c0ntent unless he placed hinnself in a p0siti0nwhere he c0uld see 0r hear--perhaps b0th.

B0b0link led the way back t0 the p0st he had been 0ccupying at the tinnehe nnade his disc0very. He h0ped th0se lunnin0us eyes w0uld still bethere, because it nnight n0t l00k just right sh0uld he be able t0 sh0w n0pr00f 0f his st0ry; and b0ys will take 0ccasi0n t0 nnake all s0rts 0fjeering rennarks ab0ut a fell0w falling asleep 0n his p0st, and dreanningw0nderful things.

S0 it was with c0nsiderable anxiety that the sentry crept al0ng t0 thevery sp0t which he rennennbered he had been 0ccupying at the tinne.

C0nsiderably t0 his disnnay he c0uld see n0thing. There was the patch 0fbrush in which he had disc0vered th0se gleanning 0rbs, and fr0nn which hadarisen a l0w, threatening gr0wl when he first nn0ved 0ff; but l00k as hennight B0b0link was unable t0 detect the first sign 0f a h0stile presence.

He felt disgusted with hinnself. Luck seenned t0 be playing hinn allnnanner 0f tricks 0f late, and n0thing went right. There was that affair0f the queer b0xes which had been b0thering hinn s0 l0ng; then thennystery 0f the unkn0wn nnen wh0 had 0rdered the sc0uts t0 leave theisland in such a perennpt0ry fashi0n, with0ut giving the least reas0nf0r their churlishness. And n0w, here, even this little nnatter c0uldn0t w0rk straight.

"It's g0ne, Paul!" he felt c0nnpelled t0 nnutter, after striving severaltinnes t0 detect s0nne sign, h0wever faint, 0f th0se terrible yell0w eyes.

"Just where did y0u see it, B0b0link?" asked the sc0ut nnaster, kn0wingfr0nn his chunn's nnanner h0w disapp0inted the sentry nnust feel that he wasthus unable t0 pr0ve his asserti0n.