Let Dave alone. Let him finish
his nap, no matter how long he sleeps."
But at that moment Darrin opened his eyes, then leaped to his
feet, a victim of red-faced confusion.
"What are all you fellows laughing at?" Dave demanded.
So far none had done more than grin, but now a very general roar
went up.
"I'm a chump, on guard duty, and I admit it," Darrin went on,
looking sheepish. "Dick, when you found me asleep why didn't
you call me?"
"Because," Prescott answered, "when you went to sleep I judged
that you did so because you needed the rest."
"I must have been sound asleep from at least one o'clock in the
morning," Dave went on ruefully. "Oh, I am a fellow to be trusted,
I am!"
"If you've been sleeping, with your back against that tree, from
one in the morning, you must be as stiff and lame as you could
possibly be," Reade suggested.
"I am pretty lame," Darrin confessed.
"Are you fellows ever going to hustle about and make some moves
toward getting breakfast?" inquired young Prescott.
"What have you been doing in that line?" Danny Grin wanted to
know.
For answer Dick Prescott pointed to the merrily blazing campfire
and the steaming kettle of water.
"I am ready to do a lot more, too," Dick added, "as soon as the
rest of you will show signs of life.
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