Here there was a gorge fifty or sixty feet deep, partly choked
with small scrub cedars.
"There's the hole," said Harney, advancing into the gorge and pointing
with his hand.
"Better go ahead and see if it is free of bears or other wild animals,"
suggested Dan Baxter, as he came to a halt.
Rifle in hand the guide went into the opening, and made a thorough
examination of the surroundings.
"Aint been no b'ars nor nothin' else here," he declared. "You can come
right in."
The opening on one side of the gully was an irregular one, and beyond
this was a large cave having several chambers. All was pitch dark in the
inner chambers, and they lit some brushwood to give them light. Then a
regular fire was started, which did much toward making the surroundings
warmer and more cheerful.
Dan Baxter and his friends were hungry, and lost no time in preparing a
meal. Tom and Sam were led to one side of an inner chamber, and the rope
fastened to their hands was bound tightly to the protruding roots of a
tree.
"Now, don't you attempt to escape," said Baxter.
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