“My word, sir, she is a limb!” he exclaimed.
On the road Wally met Billy Horton in his car.
“They must be around here somewhere. They couldn’t get far. If I don’t fix that young man of mine!” he threatened.
“My kid is with them,” Wally groaned.
“You don’t say!” ejaculated Horton.
Just then a streak of light, as from a fire, flared up in the woods, to the left, and died out.
“Did you see that?” demanded Wally.
“Yes, looked like——”
“Beg pardon, sir, fire in the woods, that was.”
“They’ve set the woods on fire,” shouted Wally, and started off full speed. Horton followed.