Presently the others caught up with them, breathless and laughing.
"Miss Leece is stolen," cried Grace, "before ever she was hanged or burned. I do wonder what they'll do with her."
"Oh, leave her in the woods," responded Reddy, "to scare the birds away."
"Good night, Anne," continued Grace. "David will take you home. We go this way. Don't be frightened about to-morrow. I doubt if she says anything; and if she does, we are all implicated."
The young people separated, still singing and laughing; never dreaming of the storm brewing from their evening's prank.
"Anne," pursued David, as they strolled down River Street together, "when I make my flying machine will you be afraid to take a sail with me?"
"Never," replied Anne, "but I wish it had been made in time to carry me away from Miss Leece to-morrow morning."
And Anne's words had more meaning than either of them realized at the time.
Imagine the surprise and horror of the Hallowe'en party when, next morning, they discovered the effigy of Miss Leece planted right in front of the Girls' High School!
And the teacher herself was the first to see the impious outrage.