big brass light. "All right, wait till I point the lens down, now turn
it."

There was no light.

"Did you turn it?"

"Sure."

"Pull it out, maybe it works that way."

There was no light, Norton paused in suspense while Nick shook the brass
case and jarred the wiring to overcome a slight short circuit if there
was any there.

"All right, turn it again."

There was no light, and the two scouts stood baffled and heavy hearted
in the lonely darkness.




CHAPTER XVIII

THE MESSAGE


"I'm a dumb-bell!" said Nick in a quick inspiration. "Go down and turn on
the main switch; it's in a box on the wall in the vestibule; just pull