"Great Cæsar! he's got his gun all right enough," said Jack in a low voice.
"Maybe he'll use it on us when he discovers the trick," returned Fred.
"I'll git my lantern, an' then we kin go after them tramps," announced Elias Lacy; and in a moment more he reappeared with a smoky lantern and started for the front door. "Come on, an' show me where them tramps are," he said, determinedly.
CHAPTER XXV
OFF ON A HUNT
"Say, as soon as we are outdoors let us give him the ha-ha and run away," whispered Fred to the others.
"Oh, no! Let's have some more fun," pleaded Randy. "Why! the sport has just begun!"
"That's it!" came from his twin.
"Don't forget we are due at the Hall," remonstrated Jack.