“Wha–what did I tell you?” screamed Grace.
“He’s there!” groaned Mina.
Then suddenly a dark object appeared among the saplings and underbrush.
“Look out, Frank! Run!” cried the other girls, in chorus; but Miss Cameron needed no urging; she ran with all her might!
CHAPTER XVI
TIT FOR TAT
But instead of returning toward the tents she ran straight across the clearing. Possibly she did not stop to think where she was going, for she came against the underbrush again and that terrific growl was once more repeated.
Frankie stopped as though she had been shot. Right in front of her loomed a second black, hairy figure.
She glared around wildly. At the back of the clearing was the opening into the wood path leading from Windmill Farm down to the boat-landing at John Jarley’s place. And in that opening, and for an instant, appeared likewise a threatening form!
“Come here! Come here, Frank!” shrieked Bess. “There’s another of them–we’re surrounded.”