"Here's where I tackle 'em," said Will.
"Go easy, old man," advised Allen.
"Say, what do you fellows mean by setting that bear trap on our land?" cried Will, hotly, as he advanced toward the two lads. Alice and Kittie shrank back.
"What do you mean?" challenged Jake. "We had a right to set that trap!"
"You did not, and one of our friends was just caught in it. You ought to be ashamed of yourselves. And you were on our property, too, not that we care so much about that, though."
"Who was caught?" asked Kittie, and she could not keep the sympathy out of her voice.
"Amy," replied Will.
Alice Jallow laughed.
"We didn't think we'd get game so soon; did we, Jake?" asked Sam, with a grin.
"I'll teach you to make game of us!" cried Will as he strode forward.