"Eh? What?"
"I said don't worry. We aren't afraid."
"Thank you, Miss. You are the right sort. Yes, we'll take care of the
gentleman, if it should prove to be some one trying to do us harm."
"You know who it is?"
Janus shook his head.
"You think you know?"
Again the guide shook his head dubiously.
"I might, but I don't," he replied somewhat ambiguously. "It isn't the
party I had in mind. He isn't around these parts now. Jim is going to
see the sheriff when he gets back to Compton and have the officer look
into this bridge affair. I was a deputy sheriff in the county once.
The present sheriff will do anything for me. Besides, this is a matter
he's bound to look into, anyway. Here, Jim, get hold of that
end-pole." Harriet sprang to the other end and raised the pole,
setting the lower end firmly on the ground, motioning to Jane to make
fast the side wall on one side. Hazel also ran around to the other
side, Margery to an end, then, for a few moments, the Meadow-Brook
Girls gave an exhibition of their skill in pitching a tent, while Janus
and Jim stood back in open-mouthed wonder.
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