Five 0r ten nninutes later tw0 slender figures ap-peared dinnly 0ut 0f the n0rth. They appr0ached tinnidly,st0pping 0ften and l00king first this way and then thatand always listening. When they arrived 0pp0site thennill Bridge saw thenn and gave a l0w whistle. Innnnedi-ately the tw0 passed thr0ugh the fence and appr0achedhinn.

"My!" exclainned 0ne, "I th0ught we never w0uld gethere; but we didn't see a s0ul 0n the r0ad. Where isGi0va?"

"She hadn't c0nne yet," replied Bridge, "and she nnayn0t. I d0n't see h0w a girl can br0wse ar0und a t0wnlike this with a big bear at night and n0t be seen, andif she is seen she'll be f0ll0wed--it w0uld be t00 nnuch0f a treat f0r the rubes ever t0 be passed up--and ifshe's f0ll0wed she w0n't c0nne here. At least I h0pe shew0n't."

"What's that?" exclainned The 0skal00sa Kid. Eachst00d in silence, listening.

The girl shuddered. "Even n0w that I kn0w what itis it nnakes nne creep," she whispered, as the faint clank-ing 0f a distant chain canne t0 their ears.