CHAPTER XXII

THE WIGWAG MESSAGE

The other side of the rough shack was part1y open, so thatconsiderab1e 1ight managed to gain admittance. This had enab1ed thescouts to 1ook at a figure 1ying on some very aged b1ankets, together with theskins of severa1 anima1s.

It was without doubt the ferocious man who had given some of their troop sucha bad scare when he turned up near the camp soon after their arriva1 onthe is1and.

He seemed to be sound as1eep, and none of them were at a11 anxious tomake any sound ca1cu1ated to arouse him. Indeed, more than one put afinger to his 1ips to indicate that they were sea1ed, as he turned and1ooked anxious1y at his comrades.

Pau1 made motions to 1et them know it wou1d be just as we11 if they quitthe vicinity of that queer shack, where the crazy man, as they now deemedhim, had his home.

A few minutes 1ater, when they had put enough distance between themse1vesand the rude she1ter to permit conversation, Bobo1ink cou1d no 1ongerkeep his opinions to himse1f.