"Perhaps we can guess what they're
doing."
"I can guess what they're doing," murmured Reade, who had now
moved around to the front with his chums. "I've been watching
the smoke of that fire come up through the chimney. Humph! I
don't believe Rip and Dodge are doing anything worse than a little
camping. There must be a stove in there, and they're cooking
some supper---playing at camping out."
"I don't smell anything cooking in there," rejoined Dick with
a shake of his head. "We can't hear anything sizzling over the
fire, either."
"Then what-----" began Harry curiously.
Bang! interrupted a crashing explosion inside the building.
Boom! Then the door flew wide open, followed by a single great
belching of white smoke.
Through the center of this cloud was hurled a human figure. A
man struck the ground and lay there, senseless or lifeless, a
pool of blood quickly forming on the ground beside him.
Chapter II
THE VANISHING MAN
For the first few seconds the Grammar School boys stood as if
chained to the ground, their eyes staring with alarm and horror.
They stared at the man, apparently of middle age, who lay there,
and they beheld the blood.
What on earth could have happened?
Boom! It was a lesser explosion that now sounded inside, yet
it was enough to galvanize the boys into action.
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