“What in the world can be the matter?” asked the girl anxiously. She turned to Dick. “Will you go into Jimmy’s room and see what is wrong?” she asked.
Dick disappeared into the other room and the two girls waited nervously.
They heard Dick’s voice raised in an exclamation, and he came dashing back.
“Don’t be alarmed,” he said quietly, as the girls rose and ran to him.
“What’s the matter?” demanded Shirley, wringing her hands. “Where is Jimmy?”
“He is in there,” said Dick. “But he has been hurt.”
“Hurt!” exclaimed both girls in one voice.
“Yes.”
“Well,” said Dick quietly, “he was struck over the head with a club.”