"Oh, Mr. Blackford, yes. We were expecting him. So he has arrived? I hope he made himself at home."
"I told him to," said Mr. Franklin, "and I guess he did. He had quite a time of it in the storm, and I reckon you folks did, too."
"We did!" exclaimed Will. "But we're all right now. Come on, girls, get in and make yourselves comfortable, and we'll bring Blackford over as soon as we feed him."
The girls went to their cabin, the boys to theirs. The latter found Mr. Blackford making himself perfectly at home.
"Well, what brings you up here?" asked Allen, when greetings had been exchanged.
"Boys, I've got good news!" cried the young business man. "I've found the missing piece of paper that tells me what sort of a birth mark my sister has—the sister I have been searching for so long. I could hardly wait to tell you!"
CHAPTER XIV
AN ICE BOAT RACE
"The girls will want to know this!" cried Will, when he had grasped the import of the news.