Chapter 25 IN THE DARK

Just then I heard a rustle and I could see a black form quite near. I saw it move behind a tree.

"Who's there?" I said; but there wasn't any answer.

I stopped for two or three seconds, because I didn't know just what to do, then I walked up to the tree and just as I came near, the form stepped out from behind it.

Then I heard a voice say,