"What have you been doing," cried Pepper, who was waiting for them on the landing, "fishing?"
"No; monkeying," answered Rand. "Jim Rae got in the way, and we had to stop for fear of smashing into him."
"Why didn't you do it and get rid of him?" asked Pepper.
"It would more likely have got rid of us," replied Rand; "and I guess that is what he was trying to do."
CHAPTER XX
A NIGHT ALARM
"Who's there?" called Rand sharply. He was sitting with Donald and
Pepper on the steps of the piazza, in front of Mr. Scott's house.
"There is nobody there," declared Donald; "it's just your imagination."
"But I certainly saw something move behind that bush over there," insisted Rand.
"And I, too," confirmed Pepper.