Then suddenly something loomed up dark against the shadows only a few
hundred feet ahead of them, and with a great feeling of thankfulness
they realized that they had reached their destination. Directly ahead
of them stood Wild Rose Lodge. They had arrived!
But just as they were about to break into wild jubilation something
happened that tightened Betty's hand on the wheel and made Grace cry
out with dismay.
Out from the shadow of the lodge a second shadow detached itself, a
hunched up, bulky, fearful shadow that seemed neither beast nor man,
but a combination of both of them.
For a moment, while the girls watched, paralyzed with fright, the
thing seemed about to spring into the path of the moving car. But in
another instant it turned, wheeled, and disappeared into the thick
bushes about the house.
Then and only then did Betty recover presence of mind enough to stop
the car.
"Betty! Betty!" cried Grace in a horrified whisper, grasping Betty's
hand as it clung to the wheel. "What was it? Oh, what was it?"
"I don't know," Betty answered mechanically.
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