The Secret of the Golden Pavillion
“Wikiwiki!” Kiyabu screamed from the porch of the house. Nancy and the others did not know what he meant, but instinctively they turned in the direction he was facing.
Nancy was not a moment too soon. The heavy tongs were coming straight at her. Like a flash, she leaped aside just as the tongs buried themselves in a nearby bush.
“Mercy!” Bess exclaimed, clutching her heart.
George, who had seen the man near the fire, called out, “There goes the fellow who threw them!”
In an instant she was dashi...ng across the grass after him. Nancy and Bess followed. The fleeing man dodged in and out among the trees and shrubbery until he reached the entrance to Kaluakua. By the time the girls arrived at the spot, he was a good distance down the road. A small black car which had been parked in the bushes picked him up and sped off.
The angry girls stood still, staring after it. The automobile was too far away for them to read the license plate.
“One of the Scorps, I’ll bet,” George found her voice.MoreLess
Nancy was not a moment too soon. The heavy tongs were coming straight at her. Like a flash, she leaped aside just as the tongs buried themselves in a nearby bush.
“Mercy!” Bess exclaimed, clutching her heart.
George, who had seen the man near the fire, called out, “There goes the fellow who threw them!”
In an instant she was dashi...ng across the grass after him. Nancy and Bess followed. The fleeing man dodged in and out among the trees and shrubbery until he reached the entrance to Kaluakua. By the time the girls arrived at the spot, he was a good distance down the road. A small black car which had been parked in the bushes picked him up and sped off.
The angry girls stood still, staring after it. The automobile was too far away for them to read the license plate.
“One of the Scorps, I’ll bet,” George found her voice.MoreLess
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