"Bond! Bond!" cried Roger. "Come back here! What's the matter?"
But the only answer that came back was another scream, as the half-crazed lad plunged deeper and deeper into the wood. Soon he was completely out of hearing.
"I don't like this," was Dave's comment.
"Listen, I hear somebody else coming," said Ben, and soon they heard Plum and his crowd approaching through the woods. They were hunting in several directions for Frank Bond.
"Hullo!" cried Roger to the other crowd, and soon the D. D. A. members and the Gee Eyes confronted each other.
"What brings you out here?" demanded Plum, suspiciously.
"We might ask the same question of you?" returned Dave, coldly.
"Oh, I say, Porter, have you seen anything of little Frank Bond?" asked Messmer, stepping forward.
"Yes, we saw him a minute ago. He ran across this road as if he was crazy. What's the trouble?"