And he did."
"But you said something about the Gray Wolves visiting us?"
"Yes. They will be here. Prepare to defend your lives and the house.
They know I am here, and they know that you have my sister's treasure.
That is what they want."
"How do you know that?"
"Joy told me, and more, which you will learn later. But I feel faint,
and can talk no more. 'Ware the Gray Wolves!"
CHAPTER XXII.
THE WOLFSKIN.
Frederic Caruthers' warning was received seriously.
Ted and the boys consulted about the defense of the house, for the news
of the Gray Wolves was not much of a surprise to Ted, who had all along
felt that they were sure to be attacked by Mowbray and his men when they
found that Major Caruthers and the broncho boys had emptied the Mowbray
house of all its valuables.
The fact that there was an organized body of murderers and thieves under
Mowbray called the Gray Wolves was not inappropriate.
But if the Gray Wolves came to the attack, the boys were prepared to
receive and deal with them as they would with any band of marauding
animals.
"We'll establish a guard at once," said Ted, "and it will stand as
organized until this thing is settled."
"It will have to be kept up night and day," said Ben Tremont. "If these
chaps are as clever as I think they will probably seek to do us harm by
day as well as night.
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