George grinned, and then hastened to say:
"What makes you ask that, Lil Artha?"
"Because I know right well you've got something of a surprise up your sleeve, and you're aching to spring it on us. What have you been doing since we left camp? Now don't you squirm, and try to keep us in the dark. Own up, George, and tell us."
So George, seeing there was no escape, apparently, determined to let the "cat out of the bag."
CHAPTER IX
THE STRANGE MESSAGE JEM LEFT
"Well, we've had a visitor in camp since you fellows all went away!" George confessed.
Of course every one was interested. Lil Artha seemed to immediately jump to the conclusion that the guest must have been a four-footed one.