And they did, because right away somebody shot off a pistol—one, two, three, four. That meant they knew there were four of us.
Well, it was two days before we could get across the river again, but we got our meals at a house up on the bluff and slept in their barn, and it was good enough fun.
When Bony got home his father said:
“Mother, look at this young hero! If it hadn't been for those boys I would be dead this minute. Now, stop crying over him, and go and make him the biggest lemon meringue pie he ever saw!”
So I guess Bony felt all right. But when I got home Mother said:
“Well, thank goodness you 're back! That child—Mamie Little—has pestered the life out of me ever since you went away. For mercy's sake, run over and tell her you're home again!”
That was all right, but the best was that Bony's father wasn't mad at us any more and he talked with us about Dad Veek's barn. He was pretty solemn about it, and when we had told him all we wanted to he said it looked serious, but he would help us all he could, and the first thing he did was to go to Judge Hannan's office and see Herb Schwartz. So he found that Herb was already bestirring himself, but when Bony's father talked to him he said he would bestir himself more than ever.