THE FIERY TOTEM
CHAPTER I
A PERILOUS PASSAGE
"Well, good-bye, boys! You won't go far from camp before we return, will you?" The speaker was one of two men seated in an Indian canoe. He gripped the forward paddle, while his companion at the stern added cheerfully—
"The backwoods is not the City of London. There are no policemen to appeal to if you lose your way. Besides, we hope to find dinner waiting for our return. Hunting lost sons is not the same sport as hunting moose."
Both the boys laughed at the elder man's remark, and one—Bob Arnold by name—answered—
"Don't worry about us, father. Alf and I can take care of ourselves for half a day. Can't we, Alf?"