"What do you think of a fish in his right mind that'll try to eat red flannel?" asked Sandy, speaking from the opposite side of the creek.
"Boys do more foolish things than that!" answered Will.
"Explanation!" grinned Sandy.
"They smoke cigarettes, for one thing!" replied Will. "Even a fish that tries to make a meal off red flannel won't smoke a cigarette."
"We don't seem to get anything very big!" shouted Sandy.
"Well," Will answered back with a faint smile, "take a look up the hillside and see if that bear coming is large enough for you!"
Chapter VI
A MISSING BOY
"Bear nothing!" laughed Sandy. "There isn't a bear within a hundred miles of us! You can't fool your Uncle Isaac!"