"You want to get out of here," growled the second man. "Come, move on."
"You can't steal any of our corn-growing secrets. Move on," and the first man shook his club suggestively.
The strange men looked ugly, and the boys and girls, after a pause, turned off in another direction.
"Humph!" grunted Ted, with a curious glance at the place where the men had been. "They made a mistake. That wasn't a corn story. It was a fish story!"
"Maybe," returned Billie. "But what does it mean?"
CHAPTER XIX
IN THE DEAD OF THE NIGHT
There was so much of interest about the house, and outside of it, that a week passed almost before the young folks knew it.
The boys were for exploring the cellar, and did so one fine day, taking the girls along.
They had a flashlight, a lantern, and some candles, and all these combined gave them quite an illumination. But the girls kept close to the boys, for the cellar was certainly a creepy place, with its many nooks and corners and dark closets.