“Oh, Jack!”
“Might as well realize it first as last, Sis! Where’s a telephone?” he asked the waitress.
CHAPTER III—TWO STRANGE MEN
“What are you going to do, Jack?” asked Cora.
“Notify the Chelton police, and also the authorities here. They will send out a general alarm better than we can. Now who saw these chaps, and how did they look?”
“Belle saw them.”
“Then, Belle, I’ll have to call on your detective abilities. Describe these villainous characters.”
“I wouldn’t call them particularly villainous looking,” said the tall girl. “In fact we thought for a time it was you two, and——”
“I see,” interrupted Walter. “Belle, I thank you for your good opinion.”
“Come on, get down to business!” exclaimed Jack Kimball. “I want to know how these fellows looked so I can tell the police. Were they young or old?”