Part 47 (2/2)
”I guess about all it needs is rest,” answered Lester Lawrence ”It was quite a journey fro anxious to rejoin you, so I told hiht as wellthat you would have some word for him from my brother”
”No word yet, Phil,” answered Dave, ”but there may be in thejust before we left the cabin!”
declared the shi+powner's son ”I was nearly frightened into a fit!”
”What was that?” ca the dishes after breakfast, and I went outdoors to throw soot there withbear!”
”A bear!” shrieked the girls
”Did you shoot hi-pan?”
”Then the bear got away?” asked Roger
”I don't knohether the bear got away or I got away I dropped that frying-pan, and I legged it for the cabin for all I orth In thethe trees just back of the cabin I got my uncle's rifle and went out to look for him, but it was no use”
”O dear, a bear!” ave a slight shi+ver
”Why, that would be fun!” declared Belle ”I'd like to see that bear, and get a shot at hiirl from Star Ranch
”If that bear is anywhere in this vicinity we ested Luke, who, on the day previous, had gone out with Ben and Shadow and brought down a partridge
”That's the talk!” cried Roger ”Co to do”
Thethat tied to take Phil to one side and tell him about the news from Crumville The shi+powner's son was, of course, much astonished
”I believe it's a fake!” he declared, flatly ”Dave is Dave Porter, and no mistake! We cleared that matter up directly after our return from the South Seas”
”Just what I said, Phil,” responded Roger ”At the saot to listen to Ward Porton's claiotten up by this fellow, Porton, and by Link Merwell! You can't tell me any different!”
and Phil's face showed his earnestness
It was decided that all of the boys should go out directly after lunch, in a hunt for the bear The nuo around, so that each of them would be armed They also provided the how late it would be before they got back
”Oh, Dave, do be careful!” pleaded Jessie, when the boys were ready to depart ”Don't let that bear eat you up!”
”Don't worry,” he answered ”I'll take care of h: ”I hope you have good news for et back”
”I hope so too, Dave But just reht in the eyes ”I'll think just as much of you even if they prove that you are not Dave Porter”
Phil ith the crowd, and all headed up the brook, and then along the trail leading to the cabin which had been occupied by Lester Lawrence
Arriving there, a hunt was h the forest back of the cabin