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hundred of him on our side.”
    â€œSo do I,” Josh said. “And it seems he never getstired. As lean and lanky as he is, he just doesn’t wear out.”
    The remaining Sleepers pressed on slowly. The jungle here was not as thick as some stretches they had been through, though there were still some tall trees, and howler monkeys appeared from time to time overhead, their mouths wide open, screaming loudly.
    Jake paused to look up at one, not twenty feet over his head. The animal’s eyes were bulging and his mouth was agape, emitting the most piercing screams.
    â€œDo you know,” Jake remarked, “that reminds me of Miss Brown, my ninth-grade algebra teacher.” He thought about that for a moment. “She was sure ugly!”
    Sarah smiled. “I doubt she was ugly. I think you likely had a bad attitude. No human was ever as ugly as these howler monkeys.”
    They forged on, fortunately seeing no more snakes. The sun was going down behind the tall trees, and Josh knew they would soon have to camp for the night. He had just started keeping an eye out for a likely campsite when all of a sudden he heard a noise and straightened up quickly. He kept his eyes on the trail ahead and drew a sigh of relief when he saw Reb come running.
    Then Josh grew tense, for Reb was not smiling. “What’s wrong, Reb?” he called out.
    Reb pulled up, his face covered with sweat and his chest heaving. “Got some real trouble up there,” he gasped.
    â€œTake it easy, Reb. Catch your breath,” Dave said. He waited until Reb regained some breath, then said, “What did you see up there—is it more elephants?”
    â€œIt’s worse than that. It looks like a Tarzan movie.”
    â€œYou mean there’s a bunch of natives up there?” Abbey said fearfully, looking into the jungle as if she could see through it.
    â€œThere’s a mess of them, and they’re up to no good.”
    â€œWhat did you see?” Josh asked.
    â€œI couldn’t believe it at first. There was all these natives, and they’s around what looked like a post. Maybe it was a tree they had cut off. Anyhow, they had this young lady tied to it.” He paused and shook his head in disbelief at what he had seen. “And what’s more, she was a white girl!”
    â€œOut here in the jungle?” Sarah asked. “You must’ve seen it wrong.”
    â€œNothing wrong with my eyesight,” Reb declared. “She was white, and what’s more, she had red hair. Even redder than yours, Jake.”
    Jake blinked. “What’s a redheaded white girl doing out in this part of the world?”
    â€œI don’t know,” Reb said, “but she’s not long for this world if I don’t mistake it.”
    â€œWhat do you mean?” Josh demanded.
    â€œI mean it looked like they was fixin’ to do her in,” Reb stated flatly. His eyes narrowed. “They was puttin’ some sticks around her feet. I think they’re going to burn her up.”
    â€œWell, we can’t let that happen,” Dave said.
    Josh thought quickly. “No, we can’t. How many were there, Reb?”
    â€œOh, there must have been at least forty or fifty, I reckon. I didn’t stop to count, but we better hurry up, because they’re winding up for mischief.”
    â€œAll right,” Josh said, “if we can catch them off guard, I think we can do some good. Everybody get your bows out. We may need them. And put your quivers on your back. Reb,” he asked, “can you lead us back there and put us within range without being seen?”
    â€œI think I might,” Reb said. “They’re down in a valley. If we get up along the sides of the cliffs, we ought to be able to fill ’em full of arrows like pincushions, but we better hurry.”
    Quickly the Sleepers removed their bows and strung them. When they had settled the quivers over their