"Follow you where?" Chester wanted to know.
"Yes; what's all this funny business, anyhow?" demanded Hal.
The man smiled enigmatically.
"Best to be careful," he said. "Come on."
Chester looked at Hal and the latter nodded.
"Might as well see what it's all about," said the latter.
They fell into step behind the stranger.
With many turns and twists the man walked for perhaps half an hour.
Apparently he was bent on beclouding the lads' sense of direction.
"I say!" Hal called a halt finally. "Where are you taking us?"
"It's not much farther," the man protested, "and I have been instructed to bring you."