CHAPTER IX
THE RESCUE
"Over this way!" cried Mr. Pertell, making a leap toward a distant corner of the barn, which was in deep shadow. "The noise was over there."
"I think it was there," exclaimed Sandy, pointing toward the opposite corner.
"Come, girls, I think you had better go out," suggested Mr. DeVere to his daughters. "There may be trouble."
"I'd like to see it," said Alice, with a laugh.
"Oh, how can you?" exclaimed Ruth. "Come away, dear!"
"Well, I suppose I've got to," and Alice actually sighed. Her "bump of curiosity" was very well developed.
Following each his own belief as to where the noise had come from, Mr. Pertell went to one corner, and Sandy to the other. Mr. DeVere took his daughters outside, and bade them go on toward the house.
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