CHAPTER XI
THE RUNAWAY MOWING MACHINE
"Look!" gasped Ruth.
"It was that man—hiding in the barn! Who can he be?" asked Alice, pausing a moment.
"Don't stop! Come on!" commanded Ruth, in fear.
"But we ought to see who it is," insisted the younger girl. "Or at least watch where he goes. Sandy ought to know."
"Well, we'll go tell him; but don't stand and watch that man. He might do you some harm."
"How could he—away off there; and he's running away, besides," spoke Alice. "I think I would know him again. I had one glimpse of his face, as he turned. It was a mean, cruel-looking face, too."
"It wasn't one of those men who tried to get Russ's patent; was it?" asked Ruth.
"No, neither one of them was lame. And they are both locked up, I think. This is some
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