who were in bold relief in the gleam of the moonlight, on the white bridge, and hearing their voices, stood still for a moment in a light patch. Then he turned and went rapidly down the road, limping as he hurried along.
So Alice had no chance to do as she had said she would.
"There he goes!" she exclaimed.
"So I see," responded Ruth with a sigh of relief. "Oh, I'm so glad!"
"I'm not!" declared Alice, and she really thought she meant it. Perhaps she did.
"Oh, Alice!" exclaimed Ruth. "Suppose he had kept on?"
"Just what I wanted him to do. There's nothing very harmful in one man, particularly as there are two of us, and we are so near the house, and on a public road. Oh, it was the best chance we've yet had of finding out who he is, and what he wants around here. And he had to go and—spoil it!" Alice acted as though really grieved.
"We had better go back and tell Sandy or his father," suggested Ruth. "They may want to chase him."
"Not much chance of catching him," replied Alice, ruefully. "See him go, even if he is lame." The man was really making rapid prog-
