He saw Ted dodging behind a tree across the street.
Suddenly Bob opened his mouth and let out a yell like that which an Indian might have given when on the warpath.

It was a shriek as if some one had been hurt.

Then he jumped off the porch and hid underneath it, one end being open.
An instant later Mr.Hodge, thinking some accident had happened, rushed to the front door of his store.

But just as he reached it he went down in a heap, tripped by the string Bob had stretched across the opening.
The storekeeper was more surprised than hurt, for he was quite stout and his fat protected him.

As he got up, muttering vengeance on whatever had upset him, he went to the door to look out.