It was all a mystery which time alone could solve!
Although it was now the middle of the afternoon, Will and Sandy
insisted on making another trip to the old camp.
"If we're going to stay in the cabin," Will urged, "we've got to do
the job some time and we may as well do it now."
"I guess you'll have a good load if you get it all!" Tommy
suggested.
The boys insisted that they were able to bring in the remaining
stock and set off through the snow. Tommy and Thede continued to
drag in wood until there was a great stack of it piled against the
cabin. Every time they opened the door, they looked in vain for
the appearance of the man they had seen running away through the
underbrush on the other side of the swamp, but he was not seen.
"I'd like to know what's the matter with that fellow!" Tommy
observed as darkness settled down and the two boys returned to the
cabin.
In half an hour Sandy and Will came in with the provisions which
they had brought from the camp, They reported that quite a large
share of the tinned stuff had been cached in the snow about half
way between the cabin and the site of the old camp.
"We couldn't bring it all in," Sandy announced.
"I hope the man we drove out of the cabin will find it if he needs
it," Will observed.
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