"You're just the ones I wanted to see, boys," was Mr. Holmes's greeting. "Where's Greg?"
"We were going down to the house to find him, sir," Dick responded.
"I'm a good deal worried," confessed Mr. Holmes. "Greg went up river this afternoon, after apples, and he hasn't been home yet."
"Not home yet?" gasped Dave Darrin.
Then he and Dick gazed at each other in an amazement that quickly turned in both hearts to a sickening fear.
Dave recalled the stone flying past his head; Dick remembered the flying hod of bricks. And Greg had been the third of their party who had blocked Ab. Dexter's plans!
"Oh, Greg's all right," spoke up Tom Reade cheerily.
"Then why isn't he home?" demanded Mr. Holmes. "He has had time to paddle down from Payson's three times since dark."
There was no gainsaying this statement. All five of the youngsters plainly showed their uneasiness.
"Maybe Jim Haynes knows something about the canoe," suggested Dan Dalzell.