“Well, keep quiet and come on. I guess—”
But what Spider guessed he never told, for at that moment there was a rush of figures from the barn, and the two spies were surrounded.
“We’ve caught ’em!” cried Cap Smith gleefully.
“Who are they?” asked Bill.
“I’ve got Beantoe Pudder,” announced Doc Lutken, making a grab for the stumbling lad.
“And here’s Spider Langdon,” added Pete Smith, taking a tighter hold of the struggling youth.
“What were they doing?” inquired Cap.
“Following us, of course,” said Norton Tonkin.
“We were not!” denied Beantoe, but the evidence was against him.
“I wonder what they want?” asked Bill.