“Oh wow! This is awful!” panted Cap, as he crawled out, and being now able to dimly make out the cords and stakes he could avoid them. “It’s a trick!” he cried.
“Time for us to skip,” murmured Spider who was doubled up with laughter. “I guess this one works all right; didn’t it Beantoe?”
“It sure did. But come on, or they’ll catch us.”
They started to crawl away. Cap staggered up the stairs and got a lantern. He came down, and by the light he saw what sorry looking objects were his brothers and chums.
“Oh, this is fierce!” he wailed.
“You’re a peach!” cried Pete. “Look at him, Bill!”
“We’re all covered with the stuff!” exclaimed Bateye, who looked like an amateur minstrel.
“Hark!” whispered Cap.
The sound of some one stumbling in the bushes came to the ears of the brothers. It was the unfortunate companion of Spider, falling down.
“Beantoe Pudder!” cried Cap. “He and Spider did this!”