The boys were breathless with excitement. Was this one of the auto thieves?
But the intruder made no move to drive the car away. Instead, when he had snapped the lights on and off, he got out, closed the door behind him and strode off through the grass.
The first impulse of the two brothers was to clamber out, but they realized that this would be folly. They remained quiet, as the footsteps receded into the distance. The man gained the road again and walked slowly away. Finally, they heard the footsteps no more.
Frank sighed with disappointment.
"I thought sure we had a bite that time," he said.
"It was only a nibble."
When the lads were quite sure their unknown visitor had gone, Frank raised the lid of the locker and the boys got out.
"I guess it was only some farmer on the way home. He probably just got into the car out of curiosity."
"He wasn't an auto thief, that's certain, or he would have driven off with it."
"Not much use staying around any longer."
They got back into the seat. Nothing had been disturbed. Beyond turning the lights on and off, the stranger had tampered with nothing.
