"We just saw some big game," panted Giant. "Get the rifle and the shotguns!"
"What game?" queried Snap.
"At least a dozen deer, big ones," answered Whopper. "Oh, hurry. We'll never get such a chance again!"
"Did you really see a dozen?" asked Shep.
"I saw five or six," answered Giant.
"I saw more than that—right across the lake," came from Whopper.
"Hurry up!"
With such game so close at hand the four boy hunters were in a fever of excitement. All rushed to the shelter and got their firearms, Whopper and Giant throwing their fish and lines in a heap on the floor. For the time being the tramp was practically forgotten.
"Where are you going?" he shouted after them.
"After some deer. We'll soon be back," answered Snap.
At that moment Shep sighted one of the deer—directly on the opposite shore of the lake. But as soon as the game was seen it disappeared from view.