"Great!"

"Couldn't be better!"

"Just as I thought," continued Shep. "And just what I told my
father. He wants us to go out, you know," and Shep's eyes began
to twinkle.

"He wants us to go out?" asked Whopper. "You mean he is willing for
you to go?"

"No, he told me to ask you if you wanted to go out---for him."

"Mystery on mystery," came from Giant. "For him? I don't understand."

"Neither do I," came simultaneously from Snap and Whopper.

"Will, it's this way, to tell you the whole story. Can you keep a
secret?"

"Of course!"

"Well, then, my father has become interested in a big land company
that has procured a large reservation of land in and along the Windy
Mountains. The company isn't going to do much with the reservation
this year, but next year it is going to build camps up by the lake,
and advertise it as a sort of private hunting and fishing resort.
They hope to get the better class of sportsmen up here from the
cities and make considerable money."