"Dat udder party dun come up an' is in de woods back ob dis, house."
"In camp?"
"No; dare is a Frenchman wot is talkin' to dah chap wot runs dis shebang, sah."
"Perhaps he wants accommodations," mused Dick.
"Can't say about dat, sah. But de fellers who come up hab a lot ob ropes wid 'em."
"That's certainly queer."
"What's the row?" came sleepily from Tom, and presently Randolph
Rover and Sam likewise awoke.
In a few words the colored man explained the situation. He had just finished when the wife of the proprietor of the resort came up to the doorway.
"The gentleman is wanted outside by my husband," she said in broken French.
"What does he want?" asked Mr. Rover.