Part 76 (2/2)

CHAPTER XLIV

FRANK'S SUSPICION

”It's all right”

Kate uttered the words, and the boys began to recover from their alarm, as she did not hesitate in the least

”Who is it?” asked Frank

”Dummy”

”Who is Du fer me I put him thar ter watch out while I war in hyar”

They went forward Of a sudden, Kate struck a ure at the mouth of the cave was seen to wave its hand and vanish

”Ther coast is clear,” assured the girl ”But it's gittin' right nigh ht We won't lose any tiet away as quickly as possible

They passed out of the dark cavern into the cool, sweet air of a springto dispel the darkness, and the birds were twittering from the thickets

The phanto lon and half-inverted as if spilling a spectral glahostly mists which lay deep in Lost Creek Valley

The sweet breath of flowers and of the woods was in theair, and from some cabin afar on the side of a distant s reverberated with his cla

”Thar's so wouldn't be kickin' up all that racket,” observed Kate Kenyon ”He lives by ther road that comes over fros from down below travel that way”

The boys looked around for thetheof hirew thick all around the opening

”Coely interested in the barking of the dog ”We'll git ter ther old mill as soon as we kin

Folleris seen”

Now that they could see her, she led them forward at a swift pace, which astonished theround, and she took advantage of every bit of cover till they entered soh this strip of woods she swiftly led them, and they came near to Lost Creek, where it flowed down in the dismal valley

There they found the ruins of an old mill, theand falling in, the s broken out bya most melancholy and deserted appearance

The road that had led to the roeeds Later it would be filled with thistles and burdocks Wild sassafras grew along the roadside