"The little fool!" muttered Jasniff. "He wouldn't have been hurt at all if he had remained quiet." He raised his voice: "Come back here, Bond, it's all over!"
"I said he couldn't stand it," said Messmer. "It was a shame to go so far."
"Oh, don't preach to me," returned Jasniff. "Bond, are you coming back?" he cried, in a louder tone.
The only reply was a distant scream, so cold and uncanny it made all of the students shiver. Then came other screams, gradually growing fainter and fainter.
"He is going deeper and deeper into the woods!"
"Say, we'll have to get him out of that!"
"He has gone crazy, just as sure as fate," said Messmer. "Come, we must bring him back and do what we can for him."
The wood was a long one and some distance from the trolley turnout was another road, leading down to the main line. Dave and his chums were coming along this road when Ben came to a sudden halt.
"Listen!"