“Where are Tess and Dot?” asked Ruth of Mrs. MacCall, as the Scotch housekeeper came out on the porch.
“Oh, the bairns are down in the cellar.”
“In the cellar!” Ruth exclaimed. “Why——”
“It is only the noo that I diskivered it,” asserted Mrs. MacCall, lapsing into some of her Scotch. “I warned them to come oop tha once. Then ye came spirin’ alang——”
“But what are they doing down in the cellar?” asked Ruth. “I hope they haven’t been playing there long. Is Sammy with them?”
“Yes. They’re playin’ some game, I’ll wager. I’ll call them ag’in, an’——”
But at that moment a dreadful crash sounded from the direction of the cellar.
“Oh!” cried Ruth. “What has happened?”
“I’ll see!” offered Luke, making a dash for the inside cellar stairs.
“I’m with you!” added Hal, for Neale had not come in from the garage.