"We just came up a minute ago and when we heard voices we looked to see who was there. We were just going away."
"You were, eh? What were you going away for?"
"It wasn't any of our business if you wanted to cook your supper in the woods."
This answer seemed to placate the tramps, for they glanced from one to the other, seemingly reassured.
"You weren't going for the police?" asked one suspiciously.
Both boys shook their heads.
"Did somebody send you here?"
"No. We were just wandering through the wood and we came on your fire."
"That fellow we met a little while ago didn't send you here, did he?"
"We haven't seen anybody," said Frank. "What did he look like?"