A few yards away the sound of the voices ceased and there was a hesitancy in the soft tread of the approaching steps.

Slowly, and now in awesome silence, two figures came down the path and when they reached a point opposite the hummocks Nathaniel could see that they turned their faces toward them and that for a brief space there was something of terror in the gleam he caught of their eyes.

In a moment they had passed.

Then he heard them running.
"They saw us!" Captain Plum exclaimed.
Obadiah hopped to his feet and rubbed his hands with great glee.

"What a temptation, Nat!" he whispered.