"It ain't that," said the boy significantly.
"What is it, then?" asked Fred, trying to repress his excitement.
"I think he's got business in the woods."
"What business can he have there?"
"I think he's got something hidden there."
"What makes you think so?"
"You won't tell him what I say, will you?"
"I saw him when he first came here. He had a bundle done up in paper. He left the boat and went into the woods, and when he came back he didn't have the paper."
"He may have had it in his pocket."
"No, he didn't. It was a big package, and if it had been in his pocket it would have made it bulge out."