"May we come along, Daddy, and see the fun?" asked Grace.
"Well," replied her father, "I don't know as there will be much fun, but—yes, you may be there."
CHAPTER XXIV
THE LYNX
Over the snow to where, according to Ted Franklin, the Jallow lumbermen had last been seen cutting the valuable timber, went Mr. Ford and his little party, including the boys and girls. There was eager anticipation in their demeanor.
"What do you suppose your father will do?" asked Mollie of Grace, as they rode along in the big sled, for, out of consideration of Paddy's leg, they rode instead of walked.
"I don't know," was the answer. "But I guess daddy has his plans all made."
"I just hope that Alice Jallow sees how we come out ahead!" went on Mollie, half-vindictively.
"Mollie!" reproached Betty, gently.