"
"But you do know---your actions show it!" shouted Whopper. "Boys,
don't let them get away until they tell us where our boat is!"
Snap and the others were quick to act, and Dick Bush and Carl Dudder
were at once surrounded.
"Look here---you---you let us go!" said Dick Bush. His face showed
how uncomfortable he felt.
"Tell us where the boat is."
"I---er---I don't know."
"That isn't true," said Whopper. "Tell the truth, Bush, unless
you want us to duck you in the lake!"
At the mention of a ducking the dudish boy lost the most of his
courage.
"Don't do that!" he whined. "I---that is, it was only a joke.
We---er---we took the boat to the other side of the lake."
"So that we could walk around to our camp, eh?" said Snap, his eyes
showing his anger.
"It was, as Dick says, only a joke---and we got paid back for it,"
put in Carl Dudder.
"How?"
"Somebody came to our camp and robbed us. We thought it was your
crowd."
"Were you really robbed?" asked Shep.
"Yes; some of our best clothing is gone and also some of our stores.
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