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`` No , I do n't think they would , '' Will replied . `` Outlaws of the Cameron stamp resort to all sorts of tricks and crimes , but they usually fight shy of murder . I 'm afraid , however , that the boys will be starved or beaten up . '' It was seven o'clock when the boys finally came to the south bank of the rivulet , in the vicinity of the place where Sandy had encountered the bear . The sun was now well in the west and the south side of the line of cliffs lay in heavy shadows . `` If there 's any deviltry going on , '' Will said , pointing to the summits above , `` it 's right over there under those peaks ! '' `` I guess there 's plenty of room under the peaks for mischief to be plotted , '' Ed suggested , `` I can see pigeon holes all along the cliff . ''