"There she is now!" and he
pointed to an outlying spur of land, around which the craft was puffing.
The launch was a craft fully forty feet long and correspondingly
broad of beam. She was piled high with an outfit for camping, and
in the boat were six men, two of whom were evidently camp helpers
and guides.
"I believe those men are coming here!" declared Shep, as the launch
turned in toward them.
The boys watched the approach of the gasolene launch with interest.
It did not take long for the craft to reach a position directly
in front of the camp, and there the power was turned off and one
of the men prepared to leap ashore.
"Hullo!" ejaculated a man in the stern of the launch, gazing ashore
at the cabin. "What in thunder does this mean?"
No one answered him, and a moment later the bow of the launch
scraped the sand and one after another the men leaped out. The
boat was tied up and the men approached the young hunters.
"I say, what does this mean?" demanded the man who had spoken
before. He was a burly individual, with a heavy black moustache
and closecut beard.
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