"Barney Mulloy!" The mysterious figure drew quickly back into the shrubbery and disappeared.

Merriwell sprang through the open window after Hodge, and together they raced to the point where the figure had been seen.

When they got there they could discover nothing.
"That was Barney Mulloy!" Merriwell asserted.
"Sure!" "And he isn't dead!" "Barney or his spirit!" "It was Barney." "Why didn't he stop when I called to him ?" "I don't know.

There is a mystery here." "Biggest one I ever struck, Merry! It knocks me silly.".