Nevertheless, he did try hard, and we may say, succeeded, too.
He first looked hastily about him, and seeing no one, turned around and ran back into the wood. He did not remain in the highway itself, but entered the undergrowth, where it would be difficult for any one in the road to detect him.
"I noticed that when I spoke about coming here this morning, mother encouraged me, and told me to be careful, and so I will."
He now began picking his way through the dense wood with the care of a veritable American Indian stealing upon the camp of an enemy.
CHAPTER XVIII. EUREKA!
This was the wood where Bud Heyland and Cyrus Sutton held their stolen interview the night before. The former was now in the immediate neighborhood, so that Fred Sheldon had reason to think something would be done in the same place before the close of day, or at most, before the rising of to-morrow's sun.
No one could have been more familiar with this small stretch of forest than was our young hero, who did not take a great while to reach a point close to the other side.
He was near the road which wound its way through it, but was on the watch to escape being seen by any one passing by.