. Tom Slade's double dare . ell be all separated do you say, Gilly? Yes, kind sir, said all go, what do you say? Indeed we will,they answered joyously Well, come ahead then, said Tom, and st~;:>your nonsense. Says you, Roy answered. CHAPTER XIV ON THE SUMMIT THE two facts uppermost in Toms mind werethese: Some one had marked the trail up thatmountain, and the patch of brightness on the topof the mountain which had lately been familiarto the boys in camp had that very night disap-peared. The owner of the gray roadster had not comeback for it. He might be the fugitive of
. Tom Slade's double dare . ell be all separated do you say, Gilly? Yes, kind sir, said all go, what do you say? Indeed we will,they answered joyously Well, come ahead then, said Tom, and st~;:>your nonsense. Says you, Roy answered. CHAPTER XIV ON THE SUMMIT THE two facts uppermost in Toms mind werethese: Some one had marked the trail up thatmountain, and the patch of brightness on the topof the mountain which had lately been familiarto the boys in camp had that very night disap-peared. The owner of the gray roadster had not comeback for it. He might be the fugitive of thenewspaper article, and he might not. If Tomhad any particular reason for thinking that he was,he did not say so. There are a good many grayroadsters. One thing which puzzled Tom wasthis: the car had been in storage at Berrys fora few days at the very most, but the bright patchon the mountain had been visible for a month ormore. So if the owner of this machine had gone up the mountain, at least he was not the origina- 80. SUDDENLY ROY CALLED, LOOK HERE! HERE; A BOARD!Tom Slades Double Dare. Pa&c 83 THE NEW YORKPUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR, LENOX ANDTILDBN FOUNDATIONSR 1* DOUBLE DARE 81 tor of the bright patch there. But perhaps, afterall, the bright patch was just some reflection. Lets have another look at that letter, saidTom. He read it again with an interest and satisfac-tion which certainly were not justified by thesimple wording of the missive. Come ahead, he said; we cant get muchwetter than we are already. We might as wellfinish the nights work. I guess Mr. Berryll takecare of the searchlight. Mr. Berry had no intention of leaving the sceneof his ruined possessions to the mercy of , it seemed likely that with the abate-ment of the storm the neighboring village wouldturn out to view the devastation. Once the end of the trail was located, the ascentof the mountain was not difficult, and the fourexplorers made their way up the comparativelyeasy slope, hindered on
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