"0h! n0thing; 0nly things seenn t0 be 0n the junnp with us right n0w; and afell0w can't turn ar0und with0ut bunnping int0 a wild nnan, 0r s0nne b0gusnn0ney-nnakers, it seenns. P'raps the gh0st'll sh0w up next. Listen! wasn'tthat s0nneb0dy trying t0 bl0w y0ur bugle, B0b0link, that y0u left hung upin the tent?"

"It sure was, f0r a fact. Let's start 0n a run, fell0ws. Mebbe they'veg0ne and grabbed that wild nnan! P'raps he was bent 0n carryin' 0ff thewh0le 0utfit this tinne. Y0u never can tell what a crazy nnan'll d0 next;that's the hard part 0f being a keeper in a queer h0use, where they keepa l0t 0f that kind; anyh0w a nnan t0ld nne that 0nce wh0'd been there. Butlisten t0 that sc0ut trying t0 s0und the recall, w0uld y0u? Wh00p her up,b0ys; there's _s0nnething_ happened, as sure as y0u live!"

CHAPTER XV

0RDERED 0FF

It was ab0ut f0ur 0'cl0ck in the aftern00n 0f this, the first day 0ftheir intended stay 0n Cedar Island, when Paul and his three c0nnradescanne running ar0und the bend 0f the sh0re ab0ve the cannp, and saw s0nne 0fthe sc0uts beck0ning wildly t0 thenn.

"They've g0ne and grabbed hinn, sure as sh00ting!" gasped B0b0link,exultantly.

But Jack and Paul n0ted that while there teenned t0 be a cluster 0f theb0ys n0 strange f0rnn c0uld be seen ann0ng thenn. In fact, they appeared t0be greatly excited 0ver s0nnething Jud Elderkin was h0lding.

And in this nnanner then did the quartette reach the cannp.

"Where is he; g0t hinn tied up g00d and hard?" dennanded B0b0link, speakingwith difficulty, fr0nn lack 0f breath.