The Clue of the Screeching Owl
The Clue of the Screeching Owl
““Somebody watching us,” he murmured. “Waiting for us to show ourselves!”
Frank, after considering a moment, placed his own lips close to Joe’s ear and replied: “Check! We’ll outwait him.”
Straining their eyes vainly against the darkness, Frank and Joe examined the break in the woods which marked the exit from the path. All they could make out, however, was the dark clump of bushes where the intruder must be hidden. Whoever he was, he was keeping just as still and silent as they were!
Abruptly, ...the loud voices of Donner and Webber in the cabin could be heard once more. Their remarks were no longer muffled.
“We’ll get some money pretty soon,” Donner’s voice rumbled. “I’m desperate enough to take a chance.”
After a pause, Webber’s irritable tones were heard in reply, “I’ll attend to the boys. Nothing can go wrong this time!”
Hearing these words, Frank frowned to himself, puzzled. Were he and Joe and Chet “the boys” that the two were talking about?MoreLess
Frank, after considering a moment, placed his own lips close to Joe’s ear and replied: “Check! We’ll outwait him.”
Straining their eyes vainly against the darkness, Frank and Joe examined the break in the woods which marked the exit from the path. All they could make out, however, was the dark clump of bushes where the intruder must be hidden. Whoever he was, he was keeping just as still and silent as they were!
Abruptly, ...the loud voices of Donner and Webber in the cabin could be heard once more. Their remarks were no longer muffled.
“We’ll get some money pretty soon,” Donner’s voice rumbled. “I’m desperate enough to take a chance.”
After a pause, Webber’s irritable tones were heard in reply, “I’ll attend to the boys. Nothing can go wrong this time!”
Hearing these words, Frank frowned to himself, puzzled. Were he and Joe and Chet “the boys” that the two were talking about?MoreLess
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