CHAPTER XXIV.
RALPH'S ROUGH EXPERIENCE.
"It's a fine day for sport," remarked Ralph to his two new passengers, as the sloop skimmed along up Keniscot Lake.
"Yes," returned the elder of the two men, whose name was Martin. "It couldn't be better."
"You don't want to try fishing?" suggested the boy, for he knew that a good catch could be had with but little trouble.
"No," put in the younger man, called Toglet. "We want to get up among the islands."
"Very well, sir, I'll have you up there just as fast as the breeze will take us."
There was a slight pause after this, during which both of the men examined their shotguns and other things which they carried.