in his ignorance of the woods, he took a course that would have led the
club back to the pond, and it was an agreeable thing for Charlie that he
did, as that fugitive from the pirates soon was met.

"Hullo, there he is!" shouted Wort.

"Who?" asked Sid, trembling, and fearful that it might be Tim Taylor.

"Here I am, boys," shouted Charlie.

"Ho, to the rescue!" cried Sid, now taking long leaps forward. "Charlie, I
rescue thee!"

"We are coming to fank de enemy," said Juggie, anxious to have a hand in
winning the laurels now coming so rapidly to the Knights of the White
Shield.

"Going to surround the enemy," exclaimed the warlike Sid, "and also rescue
Charlie, but--but--we might as well go back now. Did you have a hard time,
Charlie?"

"I did have a time, I tell you," and Charlie eagerly told the story of his
adventures.

"How we will go back, boys," said the president, "and go round home
through the woods."

"No, sir," declared Billy, who had somewhat of his cousin's resoluteness;
"I'm going home the way we came, and if any body stops me, it is his
lookout."