"

"We were just coming home from a hiking trip then and had lost
one of our own girls and weren't paying much attention to
anything else," said Nyoda, "but I'll ask the girls who were in
camp while we were looking for Migwan." She blew the bugle and
called the girls together and when they had come she introduced
Mr. Bailey and asked if they had seen anything of the little boy.

At the mention of a boy in a white sailor suit Migwan pricked up
her ears. "Why, I saw him when I was lying in the woods waiting
for the girls to come for me. There were two men with him, one
carrying him. I spoke to them and asked them to send somebody
after me. They said they were hurrying to catch the boat."

"What boat?" asked the detective.

"It must have been the _Bluebird_,--the Loon Lake boat--for they
were going in the direction of Loon Lake."

"Can you describe the men?" asked Mr. Bailey. Migwan tilted back
her head and squinted her eyes in an effort to bring back the
picture. "One was tall and had a black mustache. He was the one
who carried the boy. The other was shorter and smooth-faced,"
she said.

"Could you swear to that description?" asked the detective.

Migwan suddenly clapped her hands. "I can do better than that,"
she said. "I can show a picture of them. The little boy looked
so cute I snapped them."

"You have this picture?" said the detective eagerly.

"The film isn't developed yet," answered Migwan.

"How soon can you have it developed?" asked Mr. Bailey.

"We'll do it right away," said Nyoda. "We have a dark room
rigged up." Nyoda took every precaution to guard against spoiling
the film, and Hinpoha, who was in the dark room with her, hardly
dared breathe for fear of working some harm. What an exciting
moment it was when the figures finally stood out plainly on the
film! The girls crowded around the detective as he held the
picture to the light. There were the two men and the little boy
just as Migwan had described them.

"What will you take for this film?" asked the detective.

"Take for it!" said Migwan. "You're perfectly welcome to it.
I'm only too glad to help if the picture will be of any benefit."

"Migwan's a heroine!" sighed Sahwah after the detective had
departed. "I wish I had a chance to do something big and noble!
The only time I can be heroic is in my sleep, and then I make
myself ridiculous."

"Cheer up, Sahwah," said Hinpoha, "I can't even be heroic in my
sleep. Come on