"
"Oh, I guess he'll come along after awhile," observed Whopper.
"Maybe he is trying to bring in an extra lot of game."
"I didn't hear him doing any shooting," answered Snap.
However, he was not much disturbed, and the boys sat around the
camp for an hour, waiting for Shep to return. Then they prepared
dinner, and while eating talked about the sports still to come.
"I tell you, I don't much like this," said Snap, at last. "I wish
Shep was back in camp."
"Do you think anything has really happened to him?" questioned Giant,
quickly.
"I don't know what to think."
"Let us fire a signal."
This suggestion from Whopper met with approval, and they fired a
signal long before agreed upon---two shots in rapid succession. They
waited impatiently, but no answering shots came back.
"Let us go out and look for him," said Giant. "Perhaps he has
fallen into a hole and broken a leg, or something like that."
"Oh, there are lots of things could happen to a fellow out here,"
answered Whopper. "But I thought we could trust Shep to take care
of himself.
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