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"Don't know; but I'm sorry for one of them," remarked Thad; "because he smashed into the trunk of that tree just then; and I rather guess he'll have the marks to show for it a long while." "And listen to that splash, boys!" exclaimed Step-hen.
"Of course it's that poor old careless Step-hen again, always throwing his things around, and forgetting where he put 'em," said Davy, in a tone of disgust; then he took a peep inside, and burst out into a roar of laughter, adding: "Well, did I ever see such a crazy thing?
I intend to practice that every day we're here. It's one of those things you may never want; but in case you do, you want it in a hurry." "How about the fire building tests?" demanded Giraffe, eagerly. "Yes, that's where Giraffe feels at home. Give him a chance to start a blaze, and you'll make him happy," laughed Step-hen.
And perhaps now, one of 'em even sneaked in camp when nobody was around, and got away with my bag." He said this in a sneering way, and kept his eye fixed reproachfully on Step-hen while speaking. The other frowned, and shook his head, in a combative way. "Of course you mean it's me that touched your old bag, Bumpus," he remarked; "but you've got another guess coming.
"Never mind, I take your word it ain't there," said the other, over his shoulder; but somehow Bumpus knew that the feeling of suspicion was only "scotched," not killed; and that Step-hen fancied that he, Bumpus, had only changed the hiding-place of the lost compass. Thad had considerable to think about as he sat there, looking into the fire, and listening to the talk that was going the rounds.
"Say, it's all a mistake; there ain't a blessed thing here!" grumbled Step-hen, when, after reaching a point on the other side of the immense stump, he could see the entire surface of its trunk, some three feet through, possibly more. "Yes there is; and I want to get out the worst kind! Ouch! they're biting me like hot cakes! I'm getting poisoned, I know I am!
Give Smithy a chance to show what he can do in the wild beast taming line." "It'll sure be the making of him," echoed Step-hen cheerfully, from his perch. "But perhaps a quarter of a loaf would do just as well; I'd try it on him if I was you, Smithy," suggested Giraffe; who groaned to think of all that good food being wasted on a miserable traveling show bear that had strayed into camp.
"Well, I don't agree with you there, Step-hen," remarked Allan. "Like Smithy here, I found something about that man that interested me. If asked me point-blank now, possibly I couldn't tell you what it was that attracted me his eyes, his smile, or his whole manner. But I'd be badly mistaken if he would turn out to be a rascal." "And I say the same," observed Thad, vigorously.
"And now fellers, you see the blessed old island has got people hidin' on it! They came back here and hooked our boat while we were poking along through the scrub like a bunch of geese. Now, how are we going to get back home? We'll just starve to death out here. And Step-hen he c'n turn my bag inside-out while I'm gone, too!"
Now perhaps you'll learn sometimes just to put things where you c'n find 'em," said Bumpus. Step-hen turned to shoot an accusing stare at the speaker that made the fat boy writhe, for he knew what was passing in the mind of the other.
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