"Did you put cane on the fire, Mr. Lilly?"
"No, I didn't. Ichabod, did you?"
"No, sah, Ah doan' put no cane on dat fiah, sah. Ah reckons Ah know'd bettah dan to do a thing like dat, sah. Ah suah does."
"Hm-m-m!" mused the guide reflectively. "Any of you boys put cane on the fire?"
No one answered. Tad shot a keen glance at Stacy who was standing at the opening of his tent.
"Well, what have you to say for yourself, young man?" demanded Tad.
"I? Nothing," answered the fat boy.
"That was a nice trick to play on us when we were sleeping so soundly, now wasn't it?" demanded Tad.
"I—I didn't know the stuff would go off like a gun. I—I—"
"We might have known who did it," chuckled Rector.