"Yes."
A rush was made for the lake front, and they gazed in blank amazement at the spot where the craft had been left.
"We haven't made any mistake, have we?" asked Snap, slowly.
"No; this is the very spot," said Whopper. "I know it by that tree yonder."
"Whopper is right," put in Giant.
"Then one of two things has happened. Either the boat drifted away——-"
"It couldn't drift away—-it was too well tied."
"Then somebody took it."
"Perhaps the fellow who visited our camp!" cried Whopper.
There was a moment of awkward silence. Each youth was wondering what was best to do next.