CHAPTER XXII.

CAUGHT.

"We're early," said Beth, as they came to the edge of the woods and sighted the farm house; "but that is better than being late."

Then she stopped suddenly with a low cry and pointed to the right wing, which directly faced them. Bob West turned the corner of the house, tried the door of Uncle John's room, and then walked to one of the French windows. The sash was not fastened, so he deliberately opened it and stepped inside.

"What shall we do?" gasped Patsy, clasping her hands excitedly.

Beth was always cool in an emergency.

"You creep up to the window, dear, and wait till you hear me open the inside door," said she. "I'll run through the house and enter from the living-room. The key is under the mat, you know."

"But what can we do? Oughtn't we to wait until Uncle John and father come?" Patsy asked, in a trembling voice.

"Of course not. West might rob the cupboard and be gone by that time. We've got to act promptly, Patsy; so don't be afraid."

Without further words Beth ran around the back of the house and disappeared, while Patsy, trying to control the beating of her heart, stole softly over the lawn to the open window of Uncle John's room.

She could not help looking in, at the risk of discovery. Bob West--tall, lean and composed as ever--was standing beside the cupboard, the doors of which were wide open. The outer doors were of wood, panelled and carved; the inner ones were plates of heavy steel, and in the lock that secured these latter doors were the keys that had so long been missing. Both were attached to a slender silver chain.

What are the answers to this following set of questions:

1. Who made a low cry?
2. Who rubbed their hands together?
3. Who was walking through the house?
4. What was his objective?
5. What did Beth tell Patsy to do?
6. Was Beth brave?
7. Where was the thing Patsy need to get inside?
8. What was it?
9. What would they do once they got in there?
10. How did Bob get into John's room?
11. Where did the two girls come from?
12. What had been lost?
13. To what?
14. What was Bob's appearance?
15. What held the keys together?
16. Where was this house located?
17. When was Patsy to go inside?
18. Were Patsy and Beth related?
1. Beth
2. Patsy
3. Bob West
4. Rob the cupboard
5. Creep up to the window
6. Yes
7. Under the mat
8. The key
9. unknown
10. Through a window
11. Woods
12. The keys
13. The inner doors of the cupboard
14. Tall and lean
15. A slender silver chain
16. On a farm
17. When she heard Beth open the inside door
18. unknown