out in the middle of the cove.

"Don't you try to make any trouble for me!" shouted Giles Faswig.
"I simply found that boat adrift and brought her in here for safety."

"And I don't believe a word you say," answered Snap. "I think you
visited our camp and stole the boat."

"And that is what I think," added Whopper.

A wordy war followed lasting fully ten minutes. It was plainly
to be seen that Giles Faswig and his companions were much disturbed,
thinking the boys would make trouble for them. At last the young
hunters rowed away and went back to their own camp. It was now
growing quite light.

"Did you ever hear of such meanness," was Snap's comment. "They
meant to keep our boat hidden until we had left this vicinity.
Then maybe, they'd cast it adrift and say they had nothing to
do with taking her."

"Well, we found out how mean they were last year, so it is nothing
new," said Shep. "You were lucky to locate the craft."

"It was all through that boy," returned Whopper. "I pity him if he
has Giles Faswig for an uncle."

"I think the best we can do is to leave Lake Cameron at once," said
Giant. "We don't want to run into that crowd again."