Monkey can lead us to where he managed to get into the castle."

"As easy as falling off a log," asserted the other, proudly, as became
the principal actor in the late little "unpleasantness."

"Besides," added Alec, impatiently, "we want to take a few pictures
inside and out of the old shebang while the sun still hangs high."

"What's the hurry?" asked Billy, who liked to put off things to a
more convenient season whenever he could find half of an excuse; "plenty
of time to do all that to-morrow, I should think."

"'Strike while the iron is hot,' has always been my motto," asserted
Alec, when, in truth, it was mostly his impatience that hastened his
actions. "How do we know what sort of a day to-morrow may turn out to
be? Suppose a storm came along, how could I get a good picture of the
castle to send my aunt so as to pay for the elegant camera she gave me?"

"Guess you're right there, Alec," admitted Billy, always ready to own
up when he felt that the argument was going against him. "Besides,
it needs plenty of light to get views inside the house, when the windows
are as small and measly as they seem to be here."

"Oh! as for that," declared the other, airily, "leave it to me. I've
been smart enough to fetch along an entire outfit for taking flashlight
pictures; so you see we can get all we want after night comes."

"You've certainly got a level head on your shoulders, Alec," ventured
Arthur, giving the other a slap on the back that was intended for
commendation, though it made the recipient jump, for he had not been