"I don't know," said Uncle Toby. "But I think I'll take a look. Jim Nelson and I meant to do it before this, but we haven't had a chance. We don't want any tramps living in our woods."
He stopped the machine near the cabin and got out. The boys wanted to follow him, but he told them to remain with the girls.
"I'm just going to look in the window," said Uncle Toby.
He did this, first at the front windows, and evidently saw nothing, for he soon went around to the rear. And suddenly the children in the automobile heard shouting, and the shouts came from inside the cabin.
"Somebody's there!" cried Ted, starting to get out.
"You stay here!" cried Janet, catching her brother by the coat. "Uncle Toby told you to stay here!"
As Ted sank back in his seat they could all hear Uncle Toby saying:
"Who are you? What are you doing in there?"
The man in the lonely cabin answered, but what he said the Curlytops and their playmates could not tell. There was more shouting to and fro between Uncle Toby and the unknown man, and then Mr. Bardeen came around to the front of the cabin.
"Is he there? Who is he? What does he want?" The children quickly asked these questions.