"To-day?"
"Yes."
"Then you weren't near our camp?" questioned Dick Bush, uneasily.
"We haven't been within a mile of your camp," answered Snap. "We left our boat here this morning and went directly into the mountains. We just got back—-to find our boat gone."
"Well, I'll be blessed!" gasped Carl Dudder, and then he gave his companion a peculiar look.
"Do you know anything about our boat, Bush?" demanded Snap, sharply.
"Why—-I—-er—-that is——-"
"Don't say anything!" whispered his companion, quickly.
"What's that?" asked Shep. "So you do know, eh? What have you done with the boat?"
"I—-er—-I didn't say I knew."