“You bet.”
“And what’s more, we’re going to win out.”
“You bet.” It was Rex who responded this time.
“They’re going down toward the lake,” Jack announced a moment later. “They’re getting into their canoe and pushing off. They’re paddling up the lake.”
“What do you suppose they’re up to now?” Rex asked.
“Hard to say,” Bob replied, “but one thing is sure, they’ll be back before long and they won’t go far; not far enough but they’ll know if we leave the cabin.”
“They’ve gone out of sight around the point,” Jack said, as he straightened up.
“And that’s about as far as they’ll go,” Bob declared. “Now we ought to have a peep hole on each side of the room. That crack is all right for the front, but there doesn’t seem to be any at the back and sides.”
“Then I guess it’s up to us to make ’em,” Jack declared.
“Spoken like a general,” Bob laughed. “Go to it.”