"How?"
"Fasten his tail down."
The other boys laughed at Ned, but he got a piece of rope used to tie the
ladder on the donkey's back, and attached it to the beast's tail. Then he
put a stone on the rope. Whether this caused it or not the boys could
not tell, but the donkey did not bray after that.
"I think we'd better make a little change in our plans," suggested Frank.
"We were going to stay here until night, at least you three were. Now I
think we had all better go back to camp and take the donkey with us. We
have time enough, and it will be tiresome waiting here until dark. I've
got to go back to get the canoe. You had better come along. We'll have
something to eat and we can leave the donkey at the tent.
"When we have rescued my father you boys can wait until it's light enough
to follow the telephone line back to camp. In the meanwhile I'll go on
with him in the canoe."
"What about the ladder?" asked Ned.
"We'll hide it in the woods," said Frank. "We'll not try to take it back
to Mr. Armstrong, but I'll pay him for it. I think it would be too risky
to come back for it.
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