Jupe nodded but sat down weakly on an old bench. The dagger
had missed his ear by inches!
"Who threw it?" Mr. Acres cried, glancing wildly around.
Java Jim said, "Don't go looking at me!"
"N-n-no one threw it," Bob stammered. "It came out of the
chest!"
"It's Stebbins!" Professor Shay cried. "Stop him this time!"
"Bob! Pete!" Jupiter called.
"Head him off, ye fools!" Rory raged.
"Stebbins! Halt!" Professor Shay yelled.
The slender young man reached his green Volkswagen, jumped in,
and roared off down a back dirt road before they could even reach
the dark shack.
