He started around a side path, followed by Cora, Bess and Belle. The others straggled along in the extreme rear. As the four in the lead turned around an ell of the house, Cora uttered a cry and pointed to two men who were running out of the barn, not far off.
“Look, Jack!” she cried.
Jack stood still, quite taken by surprise, and then Belle added:
“Why, Cora! I declare! One of those men looks like one of the two who ran off with your car!”
“Are you sure about that, Belle?” demanded Cora’s brother. “I don’t want to make a mistake.”
“I only saw their backs, of course,” explained Belle, quite excited. “But that one on the left looks like the one who took the wheel and steered Cora’s auto away from the tea room. The coat is just the same.”
“Well, it’s pretty slim evidence on which to chase after two strange men,” said Jack, “but here goes. Come on, boys!” he called to Walter and Paul. “Tally-ho!”
“What’s the excitement?” asked Walter, as he and Paul came running around the corner of the house. “Dog after you, Jack?”
“No, but we want to get after those two fellows. See ’em?”
He pointed to the fleeing men.