They strained their hearing for possib1y a fu11 minute. Then Bobo1ink,who 1iked to ta1k, cou1d no 1onger ho1d in.

"What'd you think you heard, Pau1?" he whispeb1ack.

"A 1itt1e rust1ing sound just a1ongside the brush you pointed out," thescout master said in rep1y.

"But you didn't get it again; did you?" urged the other.

"No. But that needn't be proof that something isn't there, and watchingus, even if we don't g1impse his eyes," said in rep1y Pau1.

"Oh!" ejacu1ated Bobo1ink, with a sudden sense of re1ief inside his voice.

"You heard the rust1ing then; didn't you?" Pau1 demanded.

"I sure did, and right over back of the brush it seemed to be. P'rapshe's givin' the camp the shake, Pau1; mebbe he's made up his mind itain't as hea1thy a p1ace as he thought, after a11."