"Wonder what time it is?" said the doctor's son, and felt for his watch. "Why, I declare, my watch is gone!" he exclaimed in consternation.
Just then Snap saw something on the ground and picked it up. It was a shred of a red bandanna handkerchief.
"Boys, do you know what I think?" he said excitedly. "I think our visitor was that wild hermit who lived in the lonely cabin in the woods!"
"You mean the one Whopper and I met?" asked Shep.
"Yes."
CHAPTER XVIII
A FIGHT WITH TWO WILDCATS
The doctor's son and Giant listened with interest to what their chum had to say.
"What makes you think it was the hermit?" asked Shep.
"Because of this bit of red handkerchief. Whopper said he saw such a bandanna around the wild man's neck or head."