The River Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence

nd that is that we have got to watch the Rambler to-night. I p

"when we've got the whole wide world to snore in. Suppose you

hed. "Alex always gets his sou

id, "I'll keep awake, all right. Be

We can anchor her farther out in the stream, leave one on guard, and

agreed, giving Jule a nudge in the ribs w

until daylight, and then you boys can

g," Alex declared. "I'll catch it and coo

k fish a la Ind

you build a roaring fire on the stones. Then you wrap your fish up in leaves and put it on the hot stones and cover it up. Then,

only don't muff it the way Case does when h

ning in vain for a time for more signals from the woods, finally went to their bunks, leaving C

ignals heard had been treated too lightly. He knew that Clay, always active and ready for any emergency, considered the pa

f, and softly slipped out on deck, le

ing out of the shadow. "Why don't you go

any more owl t

plied Case. "Go

y the long-expected owl-call came from the north, and

whispered Alex. "Does that ho

edge of the bunk and tried to

id, "I'll just go ou

time, Case stood at the gunwale listen

rnfully. "I reckon you fellows would sit arou

re we can do anything to them?" asked C

st believe I could sneak out and learn something about it. It ma

river trips," Case grinned, "I'd own the biggest city in the wo

boys stood, and, lifting his paws to t

s something wrong on! If you'll keep that twirler of you

e declared. "Go on back to bed and d

u pull the boat back, and I'll creep out in the thicket and see what I can discover. I bel

won't go, but if you insist on it, I'll d

river, found a long line to attach to the prow, and helped the bo

mself. No signals had been heard for some moments, and the boy believed that he had r

ts. There was only the noises of river and forest. To the west,

river, followed by words of command and entreaty from Case. The splashing continued

e's always ready for a run in the wood

eeting was so friendly and sincere that all thoughts of sending him back to the boat vanished from the boy

to send you back, but I'll just see if you know how to behave i

d the boy and the cub lay in the thicket, still listening, for

he found that the ground was broken and rocky. It seemed to him that a great crag had f

ped peninsula, ran a long, rocky ridge. Making his way to this, he secrete

the inactivity thus forced upon him

re racket here, I'll send you back to th

keeping still either, so he almost immediately disappeared, notwithstandin

around in the woods and scare my outlaws away. I wish I had tie

b did not return. Now and then he coul

eeve at me!" complained the b

y. Some one was creeping towards his shelter. He could see no one, for the shadows wer

o the boat," some

better for us,

out that," the f

her out and take bo

ly. "Those boys are no spring chickens. The

o the boat. If you hadn't been giving your confounded signals, the

he right construction had been placed on the signals which had been heard. The outla

thicket at the base of the cliff told him that Teddy, the cub, was

k he might be able to do something in the line of giving

n of the sound, but paused when

are the

river shore,"

l that noise?" d

ny noise," was

e one moving

ard, "and I think we had better investigat

ght Alex, "and so I'll just make a sneak back to th

came detached from the ledge at his side and went thunderi

n cried, "I told you t

en. They rustled through the bushes without any attempt at concealm

moon, creeping farther to the south, found an opening in the dense foliage above the ledge, and threw a

red it. Advancing swiftly, the men who had discovered the location of the boy, saw h

at least nine feet high! Evidently trying to propitiate Alex for running away from him,

had been taught to do, in all the attitudes of the prize ring. The hair on his neck and back s

rectly, they began backing slowly away. Then Teddy broke into his pet amusement, a whirling half-dance and they turned and ran, stumbling d

lex long to find

" he said, addressing the bear. "If you don't mind, now, we'll

e woods. Before Alex could seize the collar which had been placed about his neck, he w

of the river drowned his voice, but a most unexpected one came from the shore back of him. He turned quickly to see the barrel of

you a home on ours. We've got the snuggest little craft upstream you ever saw. You're