"What had we better do?" asked Ruth, with much anxiety.
"I don't see that we can do anything," replied Alice. "We certainly
can't join in the pursuit."
"No, but we might tell someone--give an alarm," went on Ruth.
"No," decided Alice, after a moment of thought. "I think Russ and
Paul can do better alone. We don't know what that man has done, if
anything, and perhaps when the boys catch up to him he may be able to
offer a perfectly good explanation. Then, in case we had set others
after him, it would not be fair to him. Besides, if you think there
is danger you oughtn't to want any more to share it."
"That is so," agreed Ruth. "Perhaps it will be better to let them try
by themselves."
But Paul and Russ evidently were going to have no easy task in
capturing the mysterious man. He was running well now, and limping
scarcely at all. Either he had feigned it before, or had, in the
meanwhile, recovered from his injury.
The two girls watched the chase until a depression in the fields hid
the three from sight.
"We'd better go back," suggested Ruth, after a bit.
"Yes," agreed Alice, "but we won't tell the others what has
happened."
As it turned out, however, the girls were not able to carry out this
intention. For Mr. Pertell had a new idea in regard to some of the
scenes, and wanted to consult with Russ about it.
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