he boys threw themselves on the ground, between a number of low bushes close to the lake shore. The ra

as he caught sight of an object whirling

"Maybe the boat will go next. Say, I'd just

it," replied Gi

hey could do nothing to save either themselves or their stores, and wondered what the morning would brin

nothing but a gentle breeze. At eight o'clock the sun broke from un

again," said Shep. "I was afraid ev

ly did a great deal o

if--oh, look at th

is

cried Giant. "The wind took it to the top of the

st thing to do is to build a big fire and get dr

ted they found branches enough to pile on. They shed the majority of their garme

some condensed milk and water-soaked sugar. They also got some fish from the lake,

ep, "we'll not want for fi

e some dead birds and small animals," said Snap.

t them to dry on some stones in front of the camp-fire. A few articles had been rendered valueless and these they threw a

," said Snap. "It is

odpecker. A thrush and two other birds they could not place followed,

chaps!" he went on, looking at the squirrels. "I supp

report of the fowling-piece was followed by a wild fluttering and then two partridges dropped down, ea

azed away, nevertheless, and brought down a rabbit that chanced to

ack for the lake front. They were almost to the c

me in Gian

came from Shep,

nswered the smallest

they came to the clearing they found Shep standing up in the rowboat, gesticulating wildly

is mean?" que

e and the fish hauled him

et the fish go?"

iant. "The line is twi

m, Shep!" c

the camp. Snap and Whopper hurried in the direction, and as the little youth managed to get a footing near the b

ied Snap. "A maskalong

flopped around in a manner that scared them a little. The maskalonge was dark gray in c

he ran the boat ashore and surveyed the ha

aul," said Snap. "I guess he's the k

nswered Giant, with a

pulled overboard for

eigh some

guess," said Snap. "It's too

scales," said Whoppe

my mother," said the small youth. "Woul

olks would wonder, too," answered She

t several pike of fair size, so they were

itable camping spot and build a shelter," said Snap

over them to keep off the night air. Each of the young hunters took his turn at watching, but

when they were about two hundred feet away they

for a tour around the shore of Firefly Lake, when Shep pointed out a small canoe coming sw

be?" questio

the Felps crowd--to

rather for giving hi

He must be out to do a little hunt

had been all his life. He was a bachelor, with no known relatives, and lived in a little cabin on the mountainside, two mi

und?" sang out Snap, as the h

e, boys," was the answer. "H

beastly time,"

dn't it? Where a

he lake, that's all. We want to

iew said you were go

Andrew Felps came alo

built a cabin, t

he bumped alongside of the rowboat with his canoe "He t