"How in the world did he manage it?" queried Snap.
Then both young hunters leaped up and dressed as rapidly as possible.
"He was a slick one," said Aaron Masterson. "He got free of the rope around his wrists somehow and then he clum to the top o' the harness closet and into the loft. From the winder he dropped onto the shed an' then to the ground."
"But what of your dog? Didn't he go after him?" questioned the doctor's son.
"No, the barn door was shet, to keep out the wind, so Rover couldn't follow him."
"When do you suppose he got away?"
"Some time during the night."
"Can't we follow him?" asked Snap.
"We can try."
All went outside and down to the barn. The tracks left by Kiddy Leech were plainly to be seen from the barn to the highway, but there the footprints were hopelessly lost in the multitude of others.