“We’d better run!” Teddy advised.
In another few seconds he and Dick had joined their chum.
“Where is he?” demanded Teddy excitedly.
“He’s gone,” Joe replied.
“Gone? You mean the deer got away?”
“Yes. But he hasn’t gone far I guess. He walked off into the patch of woods just before you fellows got here. I thought you weren’t ever coming!”
“We came as fast as we could,” Dick said. “I fell down.”
“And I fell over him,” added Teddy. “But we’re here now. Do you know which way the deer went?”
“Sure I do! Straight ahead. Follow me!”
Joe darted off in the darkness. Teddy and Dick followed. They were out of the clearing now and into the small patch of woods which was separated from Fountain Park by a highway. It was a seldom-used thoroughfare and there was no traffic on it now.