CHAPTER XVI
UNDESIRABLE VISITORS
"Wake up, Fred! There is somebody at the door trying to get in!" called out Jack, as the cry from outside was repeated.
"What's that? What's the matter?" came sleepily from the other Rover boy.
From outside came a feeble kicking and pounding on the main door to the Lodge. Two boys were calling piteously for assistance.
"Get up, everybody!" sang out Jack, as he jumped up and stuck his feet into a pair of slippers which were handy.
His call and the noise from outside aroused Gif and Spouter, as well as Fred, and soon the four cadets were hurrying into the living room. They wore nothing but their pajamas, and slippers, but now each slipped hastily into his overcoat.
"Who is it?" demanded Gif, for he had no desire to have the Lodge overrun by a crowd of noisy and possibly half-drunken lumberjacks.
"It's us—Bill Glutts and Gabe Werner," was the faint reply. "Please leave us in before we are frozen to death."