Presently Frost appeared in the clearing, driving an ancient, dilapidated car that groaned and ground to a stop. The sight of it was amusing and the boys stared at it, smiling and curious. Timmy, however, did not share this curiosity.
He had taken one look at the car, and fainted.
CHAPTER XIV
TALK AMONG FRIENDS
The day dragged by and though Timmy seemed to have recovered from the effects of his spell, he moped around, melancholy and wrapped in his own gloomy thoughts.
“He’s goin’ nuts, that’s what he is,” Nickie whispered to Skippy after the evening meal was over.
“That’s why we ain’t stayin’ to get like him,” Skippy whispered back.
Nickie winked and nodded. He was beginning to see Skippy’s point of view more and more.
They had cleared away the dishes and sat down to a game of cards at Shorty’s suggestion, which was received with enthusiasm, and even Timmy had brightened and apparently put out of his mind the fears that had so unnerved him during the day.
Just before dusk, Devlin and Frost went out and locked the back door behind them. The boys hurried to the two back windows and peered out through the chinks in the shutters to watch the men go to the barn and presently back out in the queer looking car.
“Wonder where they’re goin’?” Skippy asked of no one in particular.