"THEY TRIPPED OVER THE WIRE AND SPRAWLED AT FULL LENGTH."
"Splendid!" whispered Eves. "Your tar entanglement is a great success, Bob. Let's get back; we can very well leave them there."
As they returned to the road they heard the rumble of cart wheels coming up the hill, and voices. The cart stopped.
"That's young Josiah speaking," said Templeton. "We had better wait and explain, Tom."
"All right, the cart's coming on again."
They reached the farmyard gate and stood waiting. The lamps of the vehicle fell upon their faces, and both started when a lady's voice exclaimed:
"Robert!"
"Aunt Caroline!" said Templeton in an undertone to Eves.
"And Trenchard!" cried Eves. "What luck!"
A ramshackle fly pulled up at the gate, and Mr. Trenchard assisted Miss Templeton to alight.