"Queer doings," growled the big fellow. "I'd like to know what it means. There seems to be some sort of excitement going on yonder."
He turned from the canoe to listen to the sounds on shore.
"Guess I'll poke along and find out what all the racket is," he decided, as he resumed his lazy paddling, giving no further attention to the other canoe.
Arriving at the landing, Bruce made his way to the pavilion. Ere he reached it he was certain something of an unusual nature had taken place. Persons were searching with lights in the grove, and he encountered a party of four, who surveyed him searchingly and passed on.
He had reached the pavilion when he encountered Hodge, who was doing his best to quiet Elsie, the latter apparently being on the verge of hysterics.
"What's the matter, Bart?" asked Bruce, wonderingly. "What's happened here, anyhow?"
Hodge clutched him by the shoulder.
"Inza!" he exclaimed. "She has disappeared mysteriously."
The big fellow immediately threw off his apathy. His careless, lazy air vanished in a twinkling and he asked some questions that brought a brief but complete explanation from Bart.
"Where is Frank?" demanded Browning.