"I thought Mr. Chester owned this tract of land."
"He did, but he has sold out to the Felps Lumber Company, of which
I am the head. Who ar you?"
"My name is Charley Dodge."
"Humph!! Come from Fairview?"
"Yes, sir."
"Is it your father who has the interest in the lumber company there?"
"Yes, sir."
At this discovery Andrew Felps' face grew positively resentful.
"I suppose he sent you up here, eh?" he snarled.
"No. We got permission to go camping out and picked this place
as suiting us."
"Well, you knew what was good," put in another of the men.
"Did you see us looking around here a couple of weeks ago?" went
on Andrew Felps.
"We did not."
"Who are these---other kids with you?"
"Thank you, but I am not a kid," put in Shep. "My name is Sheppard
Reed, and I am the son of Dr. Reed of Fairview. This is Frank
Dawson, and the boy out in the boat is Will Caslette. We all
belong at Fairview. As Snap---I mean Charley---says, we came
to camp out. We have always understood that this was a free camping-out
place. Folks have come to this lake for years.
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