“But he is still going straight away from us,” Teddy said. “If we can come up to him before he gets to Oak Forest we have a chance.”
The boys hurried on, but their pace was slower now. Teddy was tiring and so were his chums. It was getting dusk.
“Fellows,” said Teddy suddenly, “we can’t go on any farther. Let’s make a night camp here!”
CHAPTER XX
NIGHT ALARM
Teddy and his chums set up their little night camp in a field near a small patch of woods and beside a small stream. The woods were just the beginning of the state park, Oak Forest and were not very dense. Farther on in the state park the trees were much thicker and larger.
“This is a good place,” Teddy remarked as he threw his blanket roll on the ground. “We can stay here tonight and start after the deer first thing in the morning.”
“That is if he waits for us and doesn’t go on into Oak Forest during the night,” said Joe.
“It would be just like him to do that,” said Dick.
“No, I think not,” Teddy said. “We’ve kept after that deer pretty steady. He must be tired and will be glad to rest and sleep during the night.”