"Over here!" cried Andy. "I can see something! Over here, Frank!"
Andy sprang to the left, and struck a match. The glow disclosed a huddled-up body lying in the ditch of the lane. Andy bent over it.
"It's a young fellow," he reported to Frank. "And he's been hit on the head. He's bleeding."
"By Jove!" cried Frank, as he ran up. "It's Billy Chase!"
CHAPTER VI
BILLY TELLS SOMETHING
Frank and Andy bent over the prostrate form of their fellow student, hardly knowing what to do. Then Andy uttered an exclamation, and the scene was in sudden darkness.
"What's the matter?" asked Frank.
"The match burned my fingers. I forgot I was holding it."
"Oh, forget it," advised his brother. "We've got other work cut out for us. I wonder if he's badly hurt?"