. How long
would it take you to walk back to the village, if I rowed you to the
falls?"

"Pretty nigh one whole day."

"Would you go up there and send a telegram?"

"Couldn't you come to?"

"No, because they might leave while we were gone."

"Then I s'pose I'd have to do it," Jim replied; but it could readily be
seen that he did not care for such a job.

Without saying anything to his companion, Jet decided that if the men
should be in this camp on the morning of the second day he would send
Jim to the village, and take the chances of their concluding to make a
change of location.

Surely Bob would not think of starting off that night, therefore the
amateur detective felt it was safe for him to take all the rest he
needed, and, after a hearty supper, he and Jim turned in.

The sun was an hour high in the heavens when the boys awakened next
morning.

As a matter of course the first thought of both was regarding the game
they were watching, and their gaze was at once directed toward the
other camp.

Both men could be seen lounging around the fire, and Jet said in a tone
of relief:

"It's all right so far. If they are there to-morrow you shall go back."

Jim made no protest unless one might have been read in the expression
of his face.

This second day in the woods was spent in a lazy fashion by the
occupants of both camps.

It was nearly noon before Jim and his companion were ready to go out
fishing, and then the sport was so dull that they did not remain very
long.

Half a dozen medium-sized fish was the only result of their labor, and
these the guide proposed to roast, because, as he explained, it would
save the trouble of cleaning them.

He set about the task in the most approved backwoods style, and
succeeded in bringing forth a most acceptable dish.

After this meal the boys did nothing, save watch their neighbors, and
when night came Jet began to discuss the details of the return trip,
for he was now confident the men were permanently located.

"Go right to the telegraph office as soon as you get home," he said to
Jim, "and if the operator asks who sent the message say it was some one
you met in the woods who hired you to bring it."

"S'posen he won't take it?"

"There's no danger of that. I'll give you the money, and he'll be
bound to do as you say."

"You'll have to stay here all night alone, for, of course, I can't get
back the same day."

"I shan't mind it, except that I may be