"Say, Stubbs, what on earth are you talking about?" asked Chester in great surprise.
"Never mind what I'm talking about," returned Stubbs, half angrily. "I just want you to remember what I am saying."
"We'll remember, if that will do you any good," said Chester, "but I wish you would tell me what it is all about."
"I may not be talking about anything, and then I may be talking about a whole lot," was Stubbs' enigmatical response. "Time will tell."
"Time will tell what, Mr. Stubbs?" demanded Hal.
"Oh, rats!" said Stubbs. "I haven't time to stay here and talk to you fellows all night. Just remember what I said. That's all."
He stepped out the tent and was gone.
Hal and Chester gazed at one another in the utmost surprise.
"What in the time of the Czar do you suppose he was talking about?" asked Chester.
"I'm not good at conundrums," replied Hal. "He's got something on his mind, all right."