“Who are they?” Paul queried.
“Belle thinks they’re the ones who took Cora’s auto. It’s a rather slim identification, but we’ll take a chance.”
“Yell at ’em,” suggested Paul.
“Good idea,” commented Jack. “I say there—you two! Hold on a minute, we want to talk to you!” he cried.
The two men, running away, never heeded nor looked around. They ran on toward the woods, the boys following, while the girls stood in a group near the deserted house.
CHAPTER XVIII—REAL SURPRISES
“They aren’t going to stop,” observed Paul, as he ran along beside Jack, watching the fleeing men.
“No, and that makes me suspicious. Why should those men run away just because we hailed them? They don’t know us—that is, they haven’t any reason to suppose we represent the girl whose auto was taken. They have never seen us.”
“And they didn’t have a chance to get a good look at Cora and the other girls, even supposing they are the thieves who took the auto. According to what Belle says, the men didn’t once look around as they got into the car and drove off.
“Though they must have been hanging around the Spinning Wheel for some time to have disposed of the tickets,” said Walter. “They might have seen the three girls, and again recognized them as they came along now.”