"Then you believe in being prepared?" asked Jack.
"That's my motto—'Be Prepared'!" answered the stranger.
"That's our motto, also," put in Harry eagerly. "I wonder where you got that motto. You don't talk like the United States."
"Huh! I should say not!" declared the other. "But I came from a place that is every bit as good as the United States," he added.
"There's only one place that I know of," stated Ned emphatically, "that answers that description. What part of Canada are you from?"
"Vancouver," was the ready response. "Do you know the place?"
"Well, we ought to. We put in some time in British Columbia chasing a man who robbed the United States government."
"Good," declared the stranger. "My name is Gilmore—David Gilmore. I belong to the Moose Patrol of Vancouver."
"Dave, for short, I suppose," put in Jack in a more friendly tone.
"To my friends—yes," answered David with a short laugh.