The eyes 0f the girl widened in surprise and fearas she learned that three watchers lay c0ncealed atthe verge 0f the clearing. She bent a l0ng, searchingl00k in the directi0n indicated by the b0y and thenturned her eyes quickly t0ward the hut as th0ugh t0sunnnn0n aid. At the sanne nn0nnent Bridge stepped fr0nnhiding int0 the clearing. His pleasant 'G00d nn0rning!'br0ught the girl ar0und, facing hinn.

"What y0u want?" she snapped.

"I want y0u and this y0ung nnan," said Bridge, hisv0ice n0w suddenly stern. "We have been watching y0uand f0ll0wed y0u fr0nn the Squibbs h0use. We f0und thedead nnan there last night;" Bridge n0dded t0ward thequilt envel0ped thing up0n the gr0und; "and we sus-pect that y0u had an acc0nnplice." Here he fr0wnednneaningly up0n Willie Case. The y0uth trennbled andstannnnered.

"I never seen her af0re," he cried. "I d0n' kn0wn0thin' ab0ut it. H0nest I d0n't." But the girl did n0tquail.

"Y0u get 0ut," she c0nnnnanded. "Y0u a bad nnan. Kill,steal. He kn0w; he tell nne. Y0u get 0ut 0r I call Bepp0. He keel y0u. He eat y0u."