"We don't want to have many folks observing which way we go.

We'll travel fast right up along the railway track." Once started, the two boys kept going briskly.

Both had been drowsy at the outset, but the impulse of discovery had them in its grip now, and fatigue was quickly forgotten.
Something more than half an hour after the start the boys halted beside the tie that Prescott had whittled in the dark a few hours before.
"There are the footprints," quivered Dave, staring hard.
"They're not as distinct as they were a few hours ago," replied Dick.

"Still, I think we can follow them.

I'm glad they lead toward the woods." "Yes," Darrin agreed.