Hurry! I'll stay here on guard. If any man attempts to touch Stella,
I'll pot him from here. Bring your lariat with you."
Bud hurried away as he was bid, and in the course of half an hour,
during which Ted, looking over the edge of the Hole, saw the men
preparing to retire for the night, he returned with seven of the boys.
"Now, fellows," said Ted, "I'm going down into the hole to send Stella
up on the rope."
"Jeering jackals!" exclaimed Bud. "Don't you ever do that. It means sure
death ter you, an' p'r'aps ter Stella, too."
"No, I don't think so. At any rate, I'm going to take a chance. It will
be up to you fellows to keep the bunch down there busy while I'm at
work. Three of you will stay on this side of the hole, and four on the
other. If you do your firing right, you will keep those fellows jumping
from side to side so fast that they won't have any time for me."
"I see yer scheme, but I wouldn't like ter undertake it myself."
"Did you bring the rope?"
"Here it is," said Bud, unwinding it from around his waist.
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