! I am bu

!" burst from Snap's lips. "H

nd to upset him into

e he doesn't

out of the blaze. His coat was on fir

individual toward the water. There seemed no help for it, and the timber dealer rus

r, in a low voice. "He'll be as mad as a thousand h

ars and without delay, they b

cals!" cried one of the men of

oing back," d

n Shep. "I'd rath

said Giant. "Just look at all our work go

s, too," said Shep. "I doubt i

tay here if he has purchased the property--as he says he has. I am afraid it is all due t

" said Whopper. "He is mean enough to get drown

point of land took them out of sight of Andrew Felps and his

ain for," was Snap's comment. "It knocks al

inking of going home?

ch a thing. No, I am not going home, boys. But on

t as large as this lake, but it is certainly a nice sheet of water.

f Lake Cameron and sent the rowboat along the rocky watercourse in the directio

aid Shep. "I don't see how a man can be so mean. It wo

nting," grumbled Giant. "He

e--or his guides will

is possible that he

e,

hopper. "No use of going there if he h

e," said Giant. "Why, come to think of it,

ckon we'll

ere now on, and the young hunters had to give all their attention to the task. Once or twice t

of the watercourse was gained. "That gasolene launc

om one lake to the oth

ed Sanborn t

bought up Lake Cameron," put in Giant. "That was

it was nightfall by the time Firefly Lake was reached. It was

were going to have ra

st our luck--to be

"No matter what comes, l

id not know where to land. Seeing a small cove, they made for it, and pulled the rowboat up among some bushes. Then t

ow and no mistake,"

eggs on toast or p

uch toward restoring good humor. Yet the boys felt sore over the way

f we want to be comfortable, we'll have to put up another cabin. B

sort of a natural shelter," suggested Shep--"some

come down and bury us

that be

eral!" cried Giant. "We ought to make

t if I had time enoug

s possible. They covered the stores in the boat with the canvas, piled the wood on the camp-fir

rising. The fire had died down and they did not dare to stir it up for fear th

Snap, as he peered around in the dark

. Snap walked around for a bit, but then had to seek t

hought somebody was throwing a pail of water over me!" The rain had

d was now sending the rain in all directions. The tree

d he made a dash after the whirling headgear,

r feet. The trees of the forest were bent lower than ever, and amid

ust in time to escape about ten feet of the top of the tree, which sailed through the air and bit the lake

was Snap's comment, after a perilous hal

I've got about a barrel of water in my

the boat, followed by Snap. They found that the canvas had torn from its fasten

assisted by the others, to pull the canvas into place once

drew Felps for this

is snug in our cabin

cabin," said Giant, who had f

in and bear it, which they did with the best grace possible. They were afraid

me from Whopper, an hour later. "Looks to m

ng," answered Snap

ing. Then the wind began to tear thro

d Shep. "Get down, all of you,