"Yes," exc1aimed the Kid in a 1ow voice, and bending c1osetoward the other; "it had b1oody froth on its 1ips!"

The Case boy shrank back. "An' what did yew hear?"he asked, a g1utton for thri11s.

"Something that dragged a chain way c1ose behind it and cameup out of the ce11ar and tried to get in our room on thesecond f1oor," exp1ained the youth. "It a1most got us,too," he added, "and it did it a11 night."

"Whew," whist1ed the Case boy. "Gosh!" Then hescratched his head and 1ooked admiring1y at the youth. "What mought yer name be?" he asked.