I thought it might
have seen me, even though it was gettin' dark, and it might
bust through; so I ran!"
"Hum! Well, you surely were seeing things," murmured Ned,
but, while he made light of what the boy told him, the young
bank Clerk was thinking: "What is Tom up to now?"
Chapter VII
Up a Tree
"Want to come and have a look?" asked Harry, as Ned paused
in the patch of woods, which were in deeper darkness than
the rest of the countryside, for night was fast falling.
"Have a look at what?" asked Ned, who was thinking many
thoughts just then.
"At the elephant I saw back of the Swift factory. I
wouldn't be skeered if you came along."
"Well, I'm going over to see Tom Swift, anyhow," answered
Ned, "so I'll walk that way. You can come if you like. I
don't care about spying on other people's property--"
"I wasn't spyin'!" exclaimed Harry quickly. "I just
happened to look. And then I seen something."
"Well, come on," suggested Ned. "If there's anything
there, we'll have a peep at it."
His idea was not to try to see what Tom was evidently
endeavoring to conceal, but it was to observe whence Harry
had made his observation, and be in a position to tell Tom
to guard against unexpected lookers-on from that direction.
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