“Anything wrong?” Dan asked, puzzled.
“I was just wondering about that road across the creek,” the Cub leader said vaguely.
He passed the matter off as of no consequence. Except for Dan, the Cubs forgot the matter entirely, because at that moment, Brad gave an excited shout. In poking about along the sandy shore, he had made a disconcerting discovery.
“Say, come here!” he called.
The Cubs quickly joined him along the rim of the racing stream.
“We’ve got to find Chips and Red right away!” he informed the group. “See where their tracks lead!”
The Den Chief pointed to a series of heel marks, leading directly away from the stream.
Clearly, Red and Chips after reaching the site of the log jam, had left the main trail.
Selecting another, they had continued on, walking into the forbidden area of Mr. Silverton’s property!