He uttered a loud exclamation, so loud, in fact, that the
little man came running back in the tent.
Even Chester was surprised--but for a moment only--for the words that
escaped Hal were these:
"By all that's holy! If it isn't Stubbs!"
CHAPTER XVIII
STUBBS REFUSES TO EXPLAIN
With two bounds the little man covered the distance to Hal's side and
bent over. Quickly he placed a hand across Hal's mouth and whispered:
"Sh-h-h. Not so loud!"
Hal shook his head free--his hands were tied--and exclaimed:
"So! This is the thanks we get from you, eh! Why, you little fat--"
"Names won't help any," said Anthony Stubbs, quietly. "I've got you here
and, as I told you, here you are going to stay until I arrange for your
transportation back to the good old town where stands the _Gazette_."
"New York, eh?" said Chester. "But why, Stubbs, that's what I want to
know. Come on, be a good fellow and tell us what this is all about."
"If I wasn't so sure you know, I might be tempted to do so," said Stubbs.
"But you do know and there is no need to ask me again. I refuse."
"But I tell you, Stubbs, we don't know," declared Hal. "What's gone wrong
with you? Are you in the employ of the Kaiser?"
"Not by a long shot," was the answer.
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