"We're harking," I said; "what is it?"
"Shh-h," he whispered and held his hand to his ear.
"What's the matter; have you got an earache?" Connie asked him.
"Break it to us gently," I said; "let us hear the worst."
"Shhh, listen!" he said. "Somebody's being killed."
"How tragic!" Wig said.
"It isn't tragic at all," Pee-wee said; "listen——it's true."
"Have it your own way," I told him.
"In that little house," he whispered, all the while going back on tiptoe; "hark—shh."
We all followed him back, giggling, because we had been through things like this before with our boy hero. Believe me, Dauntless Dan of the Dauntless Dan Series has nothing on Scout Harris. In front of the little shack we all stood stark still, listening.