Harry running.

"And while I'm about it," mused Ned, "I may as well go on
to the place where the tree stands and make sure, by
daylight, what I only partially surmised in the evening--that
Tom's place can be looked down on from that vantage point."

Sauntering slowly along, for he was in no special hurry,
having the remainder of the day to himself, Ned approached
the hill where the tree stood from which Harry had said he
had seen what he took to be a giant elephant, perhaps in
armor.

"It's a good clear day," observed Ned, "and fine for
seeing. I wonder if I'll be able to see anything."

It was necessary first to ascend the hill to a point where
it overhung, in a measure, the Swift property, though the
holdings of Tom and his father were some distance beyond the
eminence. The tree from which Ned and Harry had made their
observations was on a knob of the hill, the stunted pine
standing out from among others like it.

"Well, here goes for another torn coat," grimly observed
Ned, as he prepared to climb. "But I'll be more careful.
First, though, let's see if I can see anything without
getting up."

He paused a little way from the pine, and peered down the
hill. Nothing could be seen of the big enclosed field back