CHAPTER XXXV

THE SPY, AND WHAT HE TOLD US WITHOUT a second’s hesitation I drew the revolver I now habitually carried, and, dashing out through the hole, scrambled up to the surface after the intruder. Scarcely had I gained my footing above when a shot was fired close to me, and a bullet whizzed past my head. I looked angrily around, but could see no one. The man had taken refuge behind one of the trees, while I stood before him right in the open. My companions, alarmed by my sudden rush and the report of the pistol, were next i…