"You just said that I was not Dave Porter," remarked our hero. "What do you mean by that?"—Page 201.[ToList]
"He came down pretty hard, I imagine," said Dave. "Let us carry him down to the brook."
Not without some difficulty, the three lads raised the unconscious form and carried it toward the brook, meeting the other boys on the way.
"Hello! what did you do; sock him one?" queried Luke.
"No, he fell, and as he couldn't use his hands he hit his head on a tree root," answered Dave. "Get a little water, somebody, and we'll see if we can revive him."
The water was soon brought, and with this they washed off the wound, after which they bound up Link Merwell's head with several handkerchiefs. The sufferer groaned and gasped several times, and finally opened and closed his eyes.
"Say, he may be hurt worse than we think," remarked Roger, gravely.
"I guess he ought to have a doctor," added Dave. "But where to get one around here I don't know. I don't believe there is one at Carpen Falls."
"I know there isn't, because I heard my mother asking about it," added Ben. "But I think we ought to get him down to the bungalows."
All of the boys were agreed that this was the best thing to do, and so, after putting up their fishing outfit, they began the return to the lake shore, taking turns at carrying the unconscious youth.