he had better go
at once, and so he rose from his chair.

"Won't you come back again?" Lois asked. "It is go early that surely
Mr. David will not keep you all the evening."

"I'm afraid not," was the reluctant reply. "I shall go over to my
cabin and get a good sleep. I was up late last night looking after
that raft of poles which we took down river to-day."

Lois had the feeling that something was wrong, and she longed to go to
the Haven and find out what it was. She was almost tempted to leave
the rest and accompany Jasper and Betty. She banished this idea,
however, thinking that after all there was nothing over which she
should worry. But in a twinkling there flashed into her mind the words
Margaret had so lightly spoken over the tea-cup. "I see a big black
cloud, and it entirely surrounds you." Why did those words come to her
now? she asked herself, and why should she have that strange foreboding
of impending trouble? So strong was this impression that she was
inclined to hurry after Jasper and give him warning. She did nothing
of the kind, however, but during the remainder of the evening she was
quieter than usual and took little part in any conversation.

Jasper walked by Betty's side along the road leading to the main
highway.

"How did you know where I was?" he presently asked her.

"We saw you this afternoon out on the river saving Miss Lois and Miss
Margaret."

"Why, where were you?"

"Mr. David and I were up on the hill. We had just come back from a
walk up the brook. Mr. David was tired after his excitement, and so we
sat down to rest. It was then that we saw you."

"What made Mr. David excited?" Jasper enquired. "I suppose it was the
great change he saw at the falls, was it?"

"Oh, no, not that. It was the rolling log which did it. You see, Mr.
David was nearly killed this afternoon."

At these words Jasper stopped short and looked keenly into Betty's face.

"Nearly killed! What do you mean?" he demanded.

"Yes, that was it." Then in a few words the girl told him what had
happened up the brook that afternoon, and of old David's narrow escape.

For a while Jasper walked slowly along the road after Betty had
finished. He was greatly puzzled, for he could not believe that any
log would become loosened at the exact moment when David was directly
in front of it unless there was something to start it on its downward
course.

"Did you see any men working near the logs when you