"They went--there!" She pointed, and Aldous ran where she pointed--into the timber on the far side of the little meadow.

MacDonald caught his arm as they ran.
"You go straight in," he commanded.

"I'll swing--to right--toward river----" For two minutes after that Aldous tore straight ahead.

Then for barely a moment he stopped.

He had not paused to question Peggy Blackton.