They stood before it toasting their cold hands, and then, when Ruth went to the window to look out, she called:
"It's stopped snowing again. Don't you think we'd better run to the other cabin while we have the chance?"
"I suppose it would be wise," agreed Alice. "We really ought to start for Elk Lodge, and we could if we had a guide. Come on."
Together they started for the larger cabin, but when half way to it they saw three men coming out. The men had guns over their shoulders, and they headed down the trail, away from the girls.
Not before, however, the two sisters had a good view of the features of the trio. And instantly the same thought came to both.
"Did you see who one of those men was?" gasped Ruth.
"Yes, it is he! And those are the same two men who were with him before," answered Alice.
"Dan Merley—the man who is going to sue daddy for that five hundred dollars!" went on Ruth, clasping her hands.
"And with him are the two men who were present when the street car accident happened in New York—Fripp and Jagle. They are the hunters who have been annoying Mr. Macksey."
"Oh, what shall we do?" asked Ruth. "We can't appeal to them for help, not after the way Merley behaved to us."