[VI]
The Making of the Teepee
Raften sniffed in amusement when he heard that the boys had really gone to Caleb and got what they wanted. Nothing pleased him more than to find his son a successful schemer.
"Old Caleb wasn't so dead sure about the teepee, as near as I sized him up," observed Sam.
"I guess we've got enough to go ahead on," said Yan, "an' tain't a hanging matter if we do make a mistake."
The cover was spread out again flat and smooth on the barn floor, and stones and a few nails put in the sides to hold it.