"Now what ?" "Let us leave our wheels in the barn," said Jack.

"We can come back for them any time." This they did, and after a look around the place, to make certain nobody was there, they passed out on the road once more.

Pepper looked at his watch.
"Fifteen minutes to six," he announced.
"Oh, we'll never get there on time," groaned Andy.
"We'll be lucky if we get there at all to-night," answered the young major.
"They are looking for us by now," came from Pepper.

"Wonder what they will think when we don't show up ?" "They'll think we are pretty mean, I guess," answered the acrobatic youth.
"Here comes some kind of a turnout now!" cried Pepper.
He pointed down the highway.

They could see a lantern swinging idly to and fro.