CHAPTER XXIX GOOD NEWS

"Skip-Skippy, kid!" Tully called, shaking the boy to arouse him.

Skippy sat up, startled. Mugs barked blatantly.

"What's up, huh? You look as if something'd happened-what's the matter?"

Tully motioned him into the shanty where he lighted the lamp and sat down.

"Can ye stand hearin' somethin' without faintin'?" he asked m