"We were
looking at it, to get ready for our moving picture play, and we
evidently surprised someone. Does anyone stay here?"
"No, and I've told the hired men to keep out, for I thought maybe
they might disturb something, and spoil it for you."
"And no animals are in here; are they?" asked Mr. DeVere.
"No, not a one," replied Sandy.
"But I heard someone!" declared Mr. Pertell. "Hark! There is the
sound again!" he cried, and they all heard a noise as of a heavy body
falling.
CHAPTER IX
THE RESCUE
"Over this way!" cried Mr. Pertell, making a leap toward a distant
corner of the barn, which was in deep shadow. "The noise was over
there."
"I think it was there," exclaimed Sandy, pointing toward the opposite
corner.
"Come, girls, I think you had better go out," suggested Mr. DeVere to
his daughters. "There may be trouble."
"I'd like to see it," said Alice, with a laugh.
"Oh, how can you?" exclaimed Ruth. "Come away, dear!"
"Well, I suppose I've got to," and Alice actually sighed. Her "bump
of curiosity" was very well developed.
Following each his own belief as to where the noise had come from,
Mr. Pertell went to one corner, and Sandy to the other. Mr. DeVere
took his daughters outside, and bade them go on toward the house.
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