Part 16 (1/2)
The h the woods He went a little way backward, and then forward Then he uttered an exclamation
”There it is--back of you!” he exclaimed ”You're all on Mr Jallow's land now, and I order you off The pine tree is anotherhere, and you're all trespassers”
”Well, if that is the correct line, perhaps we are,” agreed the young lawyer ”And we are willing to go--for the tih those stone piles had been very recently put up, and the blaze on that tree is certainly a fresh one”
”I don't know nothin' about that,” growled the man ”All I was told was that this is the line, and to keep strangers off; so I' to do it!”
”And we don't bla that it would be poor policy to quarrel with a uard ”If we question this at all it will be with those in authority”
”Huh! If you lock horns with Mr Jallow you'll be sorry for it,” said the guard ”Now you'd better go My dog is getting uneasy”
”He'd better not get _too_ uneasy,” reirls, who had been getting h to precede the boys off the disputed territory The rowled deep in his throat
”Well, you had quite an adventure; eh?” asked Will when they were out of earshot of thewould happen,” said Grace ”He came upon us so suddenly!”
”Evidently Mr Jallow means to contest this land business!” exclaimed Allen ”I should like to look into this matter myself I don't like the looks of those stone piles”
”Father is sure there has been soe in the boundary line,” spoke Grace ”But it is hard to prove Oh, if we could only find that old lumberman, Paddy Malone”
”Perhaps we ested Mollie
”Did you boys have any luck hunting?” inquired Betty, when the details of the encounter with the iven
”Not a luck!” exclaimed Will ”We all fired at one poor little rabbit, and he ran houess”
”Well, you won't go hungry,” said A to invite us over to lunch?” asked Will quickly ”That's great, fellows! For this unexpected pleasure--many thanks!” and he bowed low
”I--I didn't exactlyat her friends in so so quickly taken up
”I meant that you had plenty of food in your own cabin”
”Oh, no, A around with her in the snow ”You gave us an out-and-out invitation; didn't she, fellows?”
”Sure,” chorused Frank and Allen
”Oh, well, I guess we can stand you for one irls?”
The others illing, and the hunters were soon with their friends,, becaht, and the next two days it snowed It did not keep the outdoor girls in, but they did not go far froht easily become lost The boys shoveled paths for theirls ed to fill in the ti for anything
Amy seemed to have recovered her spirits under the influence of her friends, and in the fresh, bracing air of the Winter woods Letters froirls and boys, but , doing the work of the cabin, taking walks filled up the days completely, and then there ca folks spent , and having good ti which long walks were taken to distant parts of the big lus were cut and hauled to the river, and the sawtrees were made into beams, were inspected by the curious ones