ought to know how to
pack game like that so it will carry properly."

"They'll pack anything you want them to down at the railroad station,"
said Uncle Barney. "There is a man there who makes a specialty of that
sort of thing for hunters. He'll see that the turkey reaches your folks
in New York in first-class shape."

"We can send the gobbler home and keep the two hens," said Fred. "That
will make eating enough for us, I'm sure. They must weigh at least seven
or eight pounds apiece."

"All of that," came from the old lumberman.

Much elated over the success of their first effort at hunting on
Snowshoe Island, the Rovers picked up the game and made their way back
to where they had left the bobsled. They placed the turkeys on the sled,
and then resumed their journey once more.

"We're coming up to the end of the island now," announced Barney
Stevenson presently, and a minute later they made a turn around some
trees lining the shore and came into view of a cleared spot, containing
a small boat-landing. Beyond the cleared spot, backed up by some tall
pines and hemlocks, were two fair-sized cabins, standing about a
hundred feet apart.

"That's the cabin I use," explained the old lumberman, pointing to the
building on the right. "The other is the one you can make yourselves at
home in."

The setting for the two cabins was an ideal one, and the boys could well
imagine how beautiful the place must look in the summer time with the
green trees, and the cleared space sloping down to the great lake. Now,
of course, the ground, as well as the trees and brushwood, was heavily
covered with snow, and the snow hung down off the rough roof of each
cabin.

"I'll take you directly over to the cabin you are to occupy," said Uncle
Barney. "I've got it all in shape for you, with plenty of firewood and
everything."

He led the way, and they followed, dragging the bobsled behind them. The
door to the cabin had been locked, for the old lumberman stated that he
did not wish any outside hunters or other people to take possession
during his absence.

"Of course, a good many of the hunters and lumberman are my friends," he
explained. "But then there are often strangers, and some of those
fellows wouldn't be above carrying off anything that suited their
fancy."

The boys gave cries of delight when he took them into the cabin which
they were to occupy during their stay on the island. They found it a
fairly large place, divided into tw