Part 27 (1/2)
”They saw so, but they don't knohat it was,” said Mrs
Wadsworth, as plainly itated ”It let out the most awful yells you ever heard”
”Maybe it was that wild ht have followed us to this place, you know”
He ran on, and soon joined the other boys and Mr Wadsworth, who had coaloere located
”I think he disappeared over here!” cried Shadow
”And I think he went this way!” returned Luke
”When I saw hier's words
”I think he went over there, just as Shadow said!” came from Phil
”Who was it?” asked Dave ”Wilbur Poole?”
”Whoever he was, he had theon a fellow ever saw!”
exclaimed Luke ”I think he must have borrowed it from some scarecrow”
”If that was Wilbur Poole we had better keep our eyes open for hiotten the trouble which the wild iven hi there enjoying ourselves e heard the fellow give an awful yell or two,” explained Phil ”Then he ca a sort of sceptre in the air He nearly scared the girls into fits, and that is what ht up a stick of wood frouess he ined he was a wild Indian on the warpath”
”I am afraid if that poor fellow isn't captured he will cause us a good deal of worry,” was Mr Wadsworth's co what he will do”
”If it really is Wilbur Poole, we ought to let the Pooles know about it,” said Dave
The matter was talked over for soe of the woods and a the rocks and brushwood of that vicinity, the boys and Mr Wadsworth returned to the bungalows They found all of the girls and Mrs Wadsworth on one of the verandas, discussing the situation Even Jessie had joined the group, declaring that the alarm had scared htened when I first saw the man--if it really was a ,” declared the girl froe, and if I had had a gun with un along,” returned Dave, exhibiting the weapon; ”I thought it was a bear scare”
The scare was the topic of conversation all through the dinner hour, and it was decided that a letter should be posted to Mr Aaron Poole the followinghim hat had occurred
”It's queer that my husband and Ben and Mr Porter don't come,” remarked Mrs Basswood, when thedark
”It's quite a walk to Carpen Falls,” said Dave ”And you ood in so now,” announced Roger, a ht Soon Ben and his father and Dunston Porter came into full view near the end of the lake
”Talk about an adventure!” cried Ben, as they came up ”Who do you think we met?”
”The wild man!” burst out several of those present