“I’ll dare the crowd to go back to the old Meeker House.”
“We’ll take your dare,” responded Fred promptly.
CHAPTER X—THE CAPTURE IN THE PASS
There was no enthusiasm manifest among the four boys when again they walked across the field on their way to the old Meeker House. As they came near the building, suddenly lights were seen in the windows once more and a faint sound of the automobile horn again was heard.
“Shall we go in?” inquired Fred, his voice trembling in spite of his attempt to control it.
“It’s getting late,” suggested George. There was a note of laughter in his voice, but his companions were so excited that they were scarcely aware of it. “Perhaps we had better put it off until some other time.”
“That’s the way I feel about it,” joined in John.
“All right,” said George, “and we must look after our car too. My father wouldn’t want me to lose the old car as well as the new one.”