Shall we disappear?"
"I think that would be our best move, Andy; and lucky enough we've got
the chance to slip around here, and get back of the barn before he comes
along," with which the two boys hastened to follow out the plan
suggested.
CHAPTER XVI
THROWING OFF THE MASK
"Do you think he saw us, Frank?" asked Andy, after they had found a
place where they could peep around a corner, without being discovered.
"Well, that's more than I can say," the other replied. "We took every
precaution, and unless he has mighty sharp eyes he couldn't have
glimpsed us."
"And you think it's safe for us to stay here, eh, Frank?"
"Certainly," replied the other. "We're in a position to make a move any
old way from here. There isn't one chance in ten of his coming around
the corner; and if he does make a show of doing that, why we can be
sitting here, playing mumble-de-peg, or something like that, just as if
we didn't care whether school kept or not."
"Bully for that; who cares for expenses? Look, Frank, I was right, you
see, for it was the little profess after all."
"Yes, sure enough. Careful now, Andy, and don't let him see you
peeping. That'd give the whole thing away quicker than anything else."
They had both selected positions where they could see without attracting
attention.
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