“Ask me something easy,” Bob replied as he took a pan of biscuits out of the oven. “If you could only remember where you have seen the fellow we might make a guess.”
“Mebbe it will come to me before long,” Jack replied as he turned the fish over in the pan.
While they were eating their supper they discussed the matter but could come to no satisfactory conclusion.
“Do you think there’s any likelihood of those fellows interfering with us to-night?” Jack asked as they were washing the dishes.
“Oh, I hardly think so,” Bob replied. “But if you are afraid we can lock up and beat it for Skowhegan.”
“Afraid nothing,” Jack laughed. “Who said anything about being afraid? I was only wondering, that’s all.”
“I was only joking, of course. I don’t think they will bother us, but if they should we’ve got an automatic here and I guess we can take care of ourselves.”
Several times during the evening they tried to get Edna on the pocket radio but failed.
“Guess she’s gone out somewhere,” Bob said; “or else something’s the matter with the machine.”
But their fears were set at rest when, just as they were about to start to get ready for bed, they heard the buzz of the caller and Edna’s voice came to them. For some time they talked with their sister and also with Mr. Golden, but they said nothing regarding Jack’s adventure, thinking that it might worry the folks.