Judy had managed to prop up the wires and slide under them by herself without receiving a shock. She was about to hurry on when the dark man Lorraine feared approached her. It was not hard to pretend that she, too, had been frightened.
“I—I’m all right now. I—just want to get out of here,” she chattered. “That fountain back there must be haunted. I heard moans coming from it.”
“Is that all you heard?”
“That was enough!” declared Judy, not admitting to any curiosity concerning the moans. “I just want to go—”
“Go, then, and don’t come back!” the man warned. “We don’t want strangers snooping around here.”
Judy was thankful he thought she was a stranger. Apparently he hadn’t seen Lois and Lorraine. As she hurried on, Judy kept telling herself that they wouldn’t leave without her. And yet, when she finally reached the spot where they had parked the car Lois was in the very act of driving away.
“Wait!” shouted Judy. “What kind of friends are you to leave me here after I helped you through the fence? How did you think I would get home?”
“We didn’t think. Oh, Judy! I’m sorry,” Lois apologized. “Are we being followed?”
“No, I don’t think so. He went back up the hill, but not before I had a good look at him. He’s just a man. No horns! He warned me not to come back.”
“You won’t, will you?”