Now, what was that explosion?"
"Wait a second!" broke in Eph, in a low voice. "Millard had a pal here.
It was the pal I shadowed here. And that pal is running, now, with a
fair-sized bundle that he came here to get."
"He was running when you jumped into this business?" demanded Benson.
"Yes."
"Then the pal is too far away, by this time, for us to catch him by
running after him," decided Skipper Jack. "Now, about that explosion!"
"This wretch had a mine planted up on the hill," explained Hal Hastings.
"I was watching, at the rear, you know, and it happened that I stopped
right close to the hollow where you found me. Then I saw Millard drop
into that hollow, and I took a look-in. I was just in time to see him
bending over to reach for the handle of a magneto battery. Now, I
happened to know that magneto batteries are made for the purpose of
touching off explosives at a safe distance. So I jumped in on him.
Just at that second I heard you, Jack, old fellow, striking with the
shovel up above there. I had to guess fast, so the whole thing
struck me like a flash. Millard had been digging, up there, just to
lead on anyone who might be shadowing him.
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