"And there is that woman!" added Sam, as another form appeared and vanished.
"I'd like to know if Dora is there," murmured Dick.
They waited for a minute and saw several shadows pass and repass the curtain. They were sure Nellie was there but were not so certain about her cousin. The woman was Mrs. Sobber beyond a doubt.
"If they leave the girls in that room and alone—with that window unlocked" began Dick.
"The woman may stay with them," interrupted Tom.
"Get back—somebody is coming!" whispered Sam, and dragged his brothers down, behind some rose bushes.
Two persons were coming out of the old mansion. One carried a lantern and what looked to be some bed slats and the other a ladder. They were Tad Sobber and Jerry Koswell.
"Do you think the ladder is long enough?" they heard Koswell ask.
"I guess so—I'll soon see," answered Tad Sobber.
The pair walked around to the side of the house and the ladder was placed in position under the window of the room the boys had been watching. Then Sobber went up with the slats, and some
