Chapter 24 SHULTZ SEES A LIGHT.

Amazed beyond expression, Osgood continued to gaze downward at the haggard, woe-begone face of Shultz. Presently, recovering a bit, he asked:

"What in the world are you doing here, Charley?"

"Hush! Keep still!" pleaded the boy beneath the bushes. "He'll hear you! There he is, calling again! Don't answer! Don't answer!"

"Why, it's only Nels