Chapter 15—A Stranger
At daybreak, next morning, Austin, who happened to be on guard, heard Dingo bark, and noticed that he started up and ran towards the river. Arousing the inmates of the grotto, he announced to them that some one was coming.
“It isn’t Negoro,” said Tom; “Dingo would bark louder than that if Negoro were to be seen.”
“Who, then, can it be?” asked Mrs. Weldon, with an inquiring glance towards d**k.
“We must wait and see, madam,” replied d**k quietly.
Bidding Bat, Austin, and Hercules follow his example, d**k Sands took up a cutlass and a rifle, into the breach of which he slipped a cartridge. Thus armed, the four young men made their way towards the river bank. Tom and Actæon were left with Mrs. Weldon at the entrance of the grotto.
The sun was just rising. Its rays,
