XIII.—MAX PLAYS THE GOOD SAMARITAN
XIV.—SETTING THE MAN TRAP AGAIN
XV.—THE MYSTERY SOLVED—CONCLUSION
IN CAMP ON THE BIG SUNFLOWER.
CHAPTER I.
AN ALARM IN THE CAMP.
"Hey, Bandy-legs, what d'ye suppose ails Toby there?"
"He sure looks like he'd just seen a ghost, for a fact, Steve. Where are
Max and his cousin Owen just now?"
"Oh, they walked down along the river bank to look for signs of fresh-water clams. So we'll just have to run things ourselves, Bandy. Hello! there, Toby, what under the sun are you staring at?" and the boy called Steve jumped to his feet as he called out.
It was night in the woods, with a cheery camp fire blazing close to where the restless river fretted and scolded along its crooked course.