his dream by seeing Mr. Allen closing and locking the cabin door below
him. He rose and hastened down the trail. In a few moments he had joined
the party, but he kept silent about where he had been and what he had
seen.

"You'll have to let me in the cabin a moment, Mr. Allen," he called; "I
left my coat up in the bunk--I forgot it." The door was unlocked and
Willis entered, hastily climbing the little ladder up the side of the
wall to the bunk. It was dark in the cabin, for the sun had set. As he
stepped into the bunk he touched something, then jumped back with an
exclamation. Sleepy raised up on his elbow and looked about him. In a
terror-stricken voice he called out, "Who are you?" Willis laughed so
heartily that the fellows came hurrying into the cabin to see what
occasioned it. Then followed a great deal of fun at Sleepy's expense.
Sleepy only hung his head and tried to act as if his feelings had been
badly hurt.

"Dirty trick, after a fellow's worked hard all day, to go and lock him in
and start for home without him. I'd have starved in there, I suppose," he
said gloomily, "and no one would have cared."

"I suppose you would," laughed Ham, "for you would be too lazy to cook
you a meal after you found the food. We'll have to keep guard all the way
home on Sleepy, fellows, or he'll fall into some ravine and go to sleep.
He worked so hard to-day, poor boy. I never did believe in this child
labor business, anyway."

The fellows took turn about riding the donkeys home, and a unique
experience it was, for pack saddles are not the most comfortable seats in
the world, especially for a tired boy. Ham gave practical demonstration
until the others caught on, then he walked. They were all too tired
to chat much, so just jogged along homeward, happy that another day's
work was done on the cabin.

"A few more like this trip and we will be ready to entertain," called Mr.
Dean.

CHAPTER XIII

Sleepy Smith has an Experience

Two weeks later another trip was made to the now-beloved cabin, but the
party was small and, because of the lack of leadership, the amount of
constructive work done was not great. Enough logs were cut and dragged in
to complete the addition, a new layer of fragrant boughs added to the
aerial bunk, and the dam improved and strengthened. The rest of the day
was spent in hunting squirrels and chipmunks and in investigating the
immense valley above St. Mary's Falls. School was keeping the fello