w outside. Then Andy quickly sat down on him, and, rushing up, Randy
did the same.

"Don--don't smash me!" spluttered Nappy, whose face was partly in the
snow.

"We're not going to let you get away," came firmly from Andy.

"Let's tie his hands behind him and make him a prisoner," suggested his
twin, and this the two boys proceeded to do, using some skate straps for
that purpose.

In the meanwhile, Slugger attempted to draw a pistol, but was promptly
hurled back by Jack and Fred. Then Mr. Powell disarmed the youth, and
he, too, was made a prisoner.

"You'll catch it for treating us this way!" growled Slugger, when he
realized that he could do no more. "Just wait until my father hears of
this!"

"And just you wait, Slugger, until Mr. Stevenson gets here," retorted
Jack, and this answer made the bully turn pale.

Now that the two rascals had been captured, the Rover boys felt very
much elated, the more so since they had recovered Uncle Barney's
treasure box without the contents having been disturbed.

"Won't he be glad!" murmured Fred, as he looked the box over.

"Let's go out and see if we can't signal to him in some way," returned
Randy.

He went outside and three shots were fired in rapid succession, a signal
which had been agreed upon when the boys had first gone out hunting.
After the signal had been given, Mr. Powell said he would go out and
watch for the coming of the Stevensons. While he was doing this, the
Rovers talked matters over with Slugger and Nappy.

"You're a fine pair to act in this fashion," said Jack sternly. "Don't
you know you might have killed Barney Stevenson?"

"Oh, we didn't hurt him much," grumbled Slugger.

"And it was stealing to run off with this box!" said Randy.

"No, it wasn't! That box has got deeds in it that ought to go to my
father!"

"I don't believe it, Slugger. Those deeds belong to Barney Stevenson."

A minute or two later all those in the cabin heard Mr. Powell give a
shout.

"A couple of men are coming!" he cried.

"It's my dad and Professor Lemm!" broke out Slugger. "Now you fellows
will catch it!"

"Be on your guard, everybody!" sang out Jack to his cousins, and each of
them caught up his gun and waited.

A few minutes later, Professor Lemm and Mr. Brown appeared in front of
the cabin. Their arms were full of camp supplies. Evidently, this place
had been a rendezvous for the entire Brown party for several days. It
was from here that Slugger and Nappy