cket. Then the robber was ordered
to sit at the bow of the boat and not move, and a pistol he carried
was taken from him.

It was not long after this that it began to rain. At first the
downfall was not great, but presently there was a perfect deluge
and then the boy hunters knew that the danger from the forest fire
was over. Looking up the lake they saw Andrew Felps and his party
in their launch, unharmed. The camp of the lumber dealer, however,
had been burned out clean and clear, along with all of the provisions.

"That's what he gets for taking our cabin from us," was Giant's
comment.

Not wishing to meet the lumber dealer again, now that they had
made Lush Barrock a prisoner, Snap directed his chums to row out
of the lake and on to the river. The boys pulled a good stroke
and, despite the load on board the craft, made fair progress.

"This fire will worry the folks at home," said Shep. "I am glad we
made up our minds to break camp."

"Yes," answered Whopper. "Everything happened for the best, after
all."

The boat was still some miles from Fairview when they saw another
craft approaching. It contained Mr. Dodge and Jed Sanborn.

"Safe, are you?" sang out Mr. Dodge, as he drew near. "We were
afraid that forest fire would do you some harm."

"We had a pretty close shave of it, father," answered Snap.

"We've got a prisoner for you, Mr. Dodge," sang out Shep, somewhat
proudly. "Here is the rascal who set fire to the sawmill."

"Is it possible!" cried Mr. Dodge.

"That fire was an---an accident," grumbled Lusher Barrock. "All
a mistake."

"I've got the documents he took, and three hundred dollars of
the money," said Snap.

"Well! well! This is famous, boys!" said Mr. Dodge.

"My sakes alive, look at the bears!" called out Jed Sanborn, as
Giant pulled aside the canvas that lay over the game. "Who shot
'em?"

"We shot one and caught the other in the trap," answered Giant.
"Don't you think we did pretty well for boys?"

"Well for boys? Why, men couldn't do any better. You're the best
boy hunters anywhere!"

The prisoner was transferred to the boat containing Mr. Dodge
and Jed Sanborn, and Snap gave to his parent the money and the
documents that had been recovered. Then both boats headed for
Fairview, which was reached at nightfall.

Great was the surprise of the town folks when it was learned that
the man who had set fire to the sawmill had been captured. He
was put in jail, and