“Some one is coming! Hurry!”
They whisked about a turn in the corridor just in time to avoid the person whose room they had ransacked. Careful to keep themselves hidden, they watched Maria Tatgood go into her room and shut the door.
When Billie’s companions would have slipped away, anxious to get back to the dormitory, she detained them.
“Let’s watch for awhile,” she proposed. “We may see something of interest. You never can tell.”
Billie afterwards said that her suggestion was prompted by a “hunch.” Be that as it may, the fact remains that Maria Tatgood emerged from her room almost immediately, wearing hat and coat as though ready for an outing. She turned down the corridor toward the servants’ entrance to the Hall.
“Come along!” said Billie impulsively. “Let’s follow her!”
CHAPTER XXV
CAUGHT—CONCLUSION
Billie Bradley and her three companions were without wraps, though they were too excited to think of that. Also, they had had no time to inform the boys at Boxton Military Academy as to their purpose and enlist their help. They were too excited to think of that, either.
They followed Maria Tatgood, always at a discreet distance, through the school gates and along the dusty road.