CHAPTER XX

BACK IN CAMP

"What's this you are saying, Link?" demanded Phil, who had overheard the conversation just recorded. "You ought to be ashamed of yourself to talk that way. Just because Dave spent part of his life in the poorhouse after he was stolen away from his parents is no reason why you should speak as you do."

"And that isn't the reason why I am talking this way," retorted the prisoner. "I've got another reason, and Dave Porter will find out what it is before very long."

"You just said that I was not Dave Porter," remarked our hero. "What do you mean by that?"

"Never mind what I mean; you'll find out sooner or later," answered Link, with an expression of cunning on his countenance.

"Oh, don't listen to him!" broke in Roger; "he is only trying to worry you, Dave. Let us get back to the bungalows and tell Mr. Wadsworth about this capture."

"I'm not going back with you," retorted Link Merwell. And now, with his hands tied behind him, he made a leap over the rocks in the direction of the woods.

The sudden movement on the part of the prisoner, surrounded as he was by all of the boys, came somewhat as a surprise. But Dave, Roger and Phil were quick to recover, and away they bounded in pursuit of the fleeing one.

Terror lent speed to Link Merwell's feet, and soon he gained the edge of the growth, which at this point was quite heavy.

Answer this series of questions:

1. Where did Dave live at one time?
2. Was he with his parents?
3. Why not?
4. Who is the prisoner?
5. What kind of expression did he have?
6. What is his last name?
7. Are his hands bound?
8. Where does Roger want to go?
9. Who does he want to see there?
10. And tell him what?
11. Does Link want to go too?
12. What did he jump over?
13. Which way did he go?
14. Did the boys expect that?
15. How many were there, besides Link?
16. What are their names?
17. What did they do after Link leapt?
18. Did they catch him immediately?
19. What emotion did Link feel?
20. Where did he run to?
1. the poorhouse
2. no
3. he was stolen away
4. Link
5. cunning
6. Merwell
7. yes
8. the bungalows
9. Mr. Wadsworth
10. about this capture
11. No.
12. the rocks
13. in the direction of the woods.
14. no
15. Three
16. Dave, Roger and Phil
17. recovered
18. no
19. Terror
20. the edge of the growth