"Pow! Eddie! Quick!" cried the girl.
They were right behind her, but too late to see any one.
There was no fence around the yard. Beyond was a vacant lot overgrown with bushes.
"Two Chinks!" cried Ethel. "I saw them dive in among the bushes there."
Pow was furious.
Drawing his revolver, he ran out, but Ethel called him back, and he came.
"You have been talking, sir!" she cried. "That's what it means. You have been shooting off your mouth to your Chinese friends about this business. That's what, and it is a shame now that we have got Eddie to help us, and everything is so nicely arranged!"
Pow swore he had not, but Ed did not believe him.
The Chinaman seemed very nervous after that, and he kept on the watch for some time, but nothing more was seen or heard of the intruders.
Midnight came at last.