en sitting with the driver of the cart for some time,
hearing stories of life in the wilds, and Lavinia had been playing with
Babs during the time the travelling was bad, when the wagons went
slowly.

This was Don's opportunity.

Dot and he managed to get out of the back of the carry-all unnoticed.

They hid behind some bushes and as the leaders came opposite, Don jumped
out and shouted, dancing about and waving a club over his head. Dot
followed her brother's example, and both pranced and shrieked such
blood-curdling yells that Mrs. Starr almost fainted while Mrs. Latimer
hurriedly leaned out of the wagon to see who had been run over.

The horses merely jumped at the unexpected apparitions, then kept
plodding up the hill. Don and Dot clambered up the steps of the
carry-all trying to mimic the real scalpers, but Mrs. Starr caught each
one by an arm and bade them sit down and not get out again without her
permission.

Meredith had witnessed the whole performance from the cart and laughed
teasingly at the climax of the raid.

The journey took two days; the first day, at five o'clock, Mr. Latimer
called a halt for camp. This part of the trip was great sport for the
children for they roamed about the woods while the men cut fir branches
for beds, and watched the cook prepare a fine dinner out in the
wilderness.

The second day, about noon, the travellers reached the place selected
for a permanent camp. Of course, everyone was deeply interested in the
novel appearance of their winter home and, as soon as the twelve o'clock
dinner was served, started in to investigate the quarters.

The children trailed after the grownups, making their own observations
of affairs.

The bosses' cabins were among some magnificent trees, about one hundred
yards from the main camp. They were rough little log huts large enough
to hold four bunks, two on either side--a lower and an upper bunk--and
a chest of drawers at the side opposite the door. An opening in the roof
gave ventilation, and a small square window at each side of the chest of
drawers gave light in the daytime. The only light to be had at night was
from a candle, and heat, if the city folks needed any, must be had from
oil heaters, several of which had been included in the outfit.

The bunks of the crew were directly opposite the "bosses'" huts. A large
cleared space lay between the two sections, and at one end stood the
cook's quarters, with a long shed-like cabin in fron