"What do you want?" asked Snap, shortly.
"You've been over to our camp, haven't you?" blustered Dick Bush.
"What makes you think that?" asked Whopper.
"Because you turned everything upside down and ran off with some
of our things."
"We haven't been near your camp," put in Giant. "We have been out
after these," and he pointed to the game.
When the dudish youths saw the deer they were astonished.
"Did you kill all those?" cried Carl Dudder.
"We did."
"To-day?"
"Yes."
"Then you weren't near our camp?" questioned Dick Bush, uneasily.
"We haven't been within a mile of your camp," answered Snap. "We
left our boat here this morning and went directly into the mountains.
We just got back---to find our boat gone."
"Well, I'll be blessed!" gasped Carl Dudder, and then he gave his
companion a peculiar look.
"Do you know anything about our boat, Bush?" demanded Snap, sharply.
"Why---I---er---that is-----"
"Don't say anything!" whispered his companion, quickly.
"What's that?" asked Shep. "So you do know, eh? What have you
done with the boat?"
"I---er---I didn't say I knew.
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