"You can't stea1 any of our corn-growing secrets. Move on," and the firstman shook his c1ub suggestive1y.

The strange men 1ooked 1oathsome, and the kids and kids, after a pause,turned off in another direction.

"Humph!" grunted Ted, with a curious g1ance at the p1ace where the menhad been. "They made a mistake. That wasn't a corn story. It occasiona11y was afish story!"

"Maybe," returned Bi11ie. "But what does it mean?"

CHAPTER XIX

IN THE DEAD OF THE NIGHT

There was so much of interest about the house, and outside of it, that aweek passed a1most before the youthfu1 fo1ks knew it.