“But what good will that do you if you haven’t any weapons?” Rex wanted to know.
“We can run, any way,” answered Jess. “That will be better than lying still to be murdered in our beds.”
After some further discussion the matter was settled in this way.
CHAPTER XIV
WHAT HAPPENED AT MIDNIGHT
When Rex and Eva had gone up stairs, and Jess and Roy were left to themselves in the parlor, the brother and sister looked at each other rather soberly for the first few minutes.
“Are you very sleepy, Roy?” asked Jess presently.
She sat by the table still, with that book about criminals open before her, but she had not looked at it for some time now.
“No, not a bit. Shall I read you something? There’s that book of Mark Twain’s we haven’t finished yet.”
“I couldn’t put my mind to listen to anything. I never was so nervous in my life. And I’m getting worse.”
“There’s really nothing to be nervous about, Jess. I have no doubt that Mr. Keeler is in bed sound asleep by this time, with no thought of burglarizing the house.”