But what Jerry thought he did not at that moment say, for at that instant there sounded outside, and above the noise of the rain on the roof, a loud cry.
“That came from the barn!” cried Bob.
“Sure!” assented Ned.
Their voices were silenced in a terrific clap of thunder that followed a vivid flash. Professor Snodgrass jumped back from the window in some alarm.
“Look!” cried Jerry pointing outside where the rain was coming down in torrents. What he saw, and what the others saw was Mr. Rossmore rushing toward the barn at full speed—toward the barn against which he had warned our heroes.
[CHAPTER XXVI]
THE WOUNDED MEN
“Well, what do you make of that?” asked Ned, as they watched their host disappear inside the big structure.
“Didn’t that call come from there?” asked Bob.