I am inclined to think, however, that she had the
nightmare, and simply dreamed about that frightful face."
"I can't see that there is anything particularly clever or original
about stealing a rowboat in the dead of night," said Harriet slowly,
"and I don't believe that the boys would think so either. There is
something peculiar about this affair and I believe that the Tramp Club
have had nothing to do with this latest puzzle."
"That ith what I think," agreed Tommy. "It wathn't thothe boyth that
thcared me tho."
"Nothing has been stolen from the boat," declared Hazel, "so it looks as
though our midnight prowler vanished when he heard Tommy's first
scream."
"I'm going to mount guard for the rest of the night," announced Jane.
"It's half past two now, and by five o'clock it will be light. The rest
of you can go back to bed, and if any one else comes sneaking around
this boat, he'll have to come forward and state his business to Jane
McCarthy."
CHAPTER XVII
A STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE
It seemed to the tired girls as though they had hardly closed their eyes
when they heard Jane call out: "Seven o'clock.
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