up a camp and wait for them."




CHAPTER X

THE CABIN IN THE WOODS


The doctor's son and Whopper had no easy time of it making their way
through the bushes and around the rocks which lined the watercourse
between the two lakes. There was no trail on that side of the stream,
and they had to "go it blind," to use Shep's words.

"Say, this is worse than climbing a mountain!" gasped Whopper, after
slipping and sliding over a number of rocks and coming down rather
suddenly in a hollow.

"Rather knocks the breath out of a fellow," returned Shep. "Take care
that you don't sprain an ankle, Whopper."

"That's what I'm watching out for. I don't want my whole outing
spoiled."

After a large amount of hard walking and climbing they managed to
cover about half the distance to Firefly Lake. But by that time
both were so exhausted the doctor's son called a halt.

"No use of killing ourselves," he said. "We can't go any farther