"We'll get a lot of game and send you back with it, and you tell
the boys that if we don't return tonight, we'll be camping in some
of those caverns in the hills."
"I thought you'd be ready for another runaway night excursion!"
laughed Will.
"I suppose I don't run away when I'm with you!" commented Tommy.
Will only laughed, and the boys began the collection of rabbits and
squirrels and ducks until Thede was pretty well loaded down. They
all walked along together until they came to where it would be
necessary to part company because of the different directions to be
taken.
There Will and Tommy turned toward the south while Thede kept
straight on toward the cottage on the island in the swamp.
"There's one thing we forgot," Tommy suggested as the boys tramped
laboriously through the snow. "We forgot to bring along anything
to eat!"
"Yes, we did!" laughed Will. "Don't you think I'll ever start out
on a tramp with you without plenty of provisions."
The boy opened his heavy coat and revealed inside pockets packed
with sandwiches made of venison steak and bread, with now and then
a sandwich composed of stewed meat and griddle cakes, for variety.
"We won't have to go home tonight, now, will we?" laughed Tommy.
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