“But about things being taken?” ventured Bess.
“And the furniture being moved?” asked Belle.
“Humph!” and the driver seemed out of patience. “Things will be taken from almost any camp or bungalow if you don’t watch ’em. Thieves up here aren’t any more virtuous than in the city.”
“And didn’t you hear anything about chairs and tables being moved about?” asked Cora.
The driver fidgeted in his seat.
“G’lang there!” he called to his horses.
“Didn’t you?” persisted Jack’s sister.
“Oh, yes, there was some such story,” the driver finally admitted, slowly. “But I reckon it was just boys skylarking. That was all. Boys will go into any place they can get in you know, and I reckon when they found the bungalow of Camp Surprise without any one in it they just naturally went in and cut up.”
“If they try anything like that when we’re around, there’ll be trouble!” threatened Jack.
Cora sighed.