"After this I shall hate to leave the camp all alone for fear somebody
will run off with our things," remarked Snap, while at breakfast.
"Just the way I feel about it," answered Shep. "Yet we can't watch
the things all the time."
For several days they remained close to the camp and then received
a second visit from Jed Sanborn.
He reported that everything was going on well at Fairview, and
listened to what they had to tell with much interest.
"Yes, you must get those deer by all means," he said. "But about
the feller that come here and took your things. He must have been
a mean critter an' no mistake!"
Jed Sanborn was quite willing to go out with them after the deer, and
the start was made on the following morning. They were soon across
Firefly Lake, and then the old hunter showed the boys an easy trail
over the hill and up the distant mountain.
"Gracious! This beats going through the bushes!" cried Giant.
"It's a pity we didn't know of this trail before," said Whopper. "It
might have saved us from going about 'steen miles out of our way.
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