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of the cabin, watching the little girl do some cunning dance steps which she could hardly have learned up there in that wilderness. Judging from his excited condition that Phil had met with an adventure of some sort, the boys began to ask numerous questions. "Never mind what it's all about, fellows," he told them. "I want Ethan and X-Ray to come with me right away. Lub, you look after the cabin, and Mazie. Ethan, fetch your camp hatchet; and we will need some ends of rope. Hurry, both of you! I'll explain after we're on the run!" The blank expression on poor Lub's face told better than words what he thought of being left out in the cold that way. Still, he was so accustomed to doing what he was told that such a thing as rebellion never once entered his head. Besides, he must have realized that some one had to stay with the child. And when it came to sprinting, as Phil seemed to think was going to be necessary, Lub was not built for quick action or long continued running. Phil had hardly time to draw a dozen long breaths before the other boys announced that they were ready to accompany him. Wonder was written in big letters all over their faces. The little Phil had said must certainly have aroused their curiosity until it reached fever heat. "Now, for goodness' sake open up, and tell what all this is about, please, Phil!" begged X-Ray Tyson, as they ran along in company. It was no time to even mention anything concerning the stirring adventure with that stubborn and combative moose bull. Later on he could relate the story, and perhaps show them the pictures he had taken, to prove his marvelous tale. "Man up in the woods here a ways, with a broken leg!" he started to say. "Whee! is that so?" exclaimed Ethan. "Mazie's 'daddy' for a cookey!" cried X-Ray, always the first to alight on a solution to a puzzling question. "Yes, that's who he is," Phil went on, jerking out his words somewhat, because he was using up his wind in running. "He broke it while hunting for the child; and has been nigh crazy ever since. Struck him he might get help from us. Started to actually drag himself all the way there. Petered out in the end. Bad shape, too, but think I can pull him through all right!" "You want us to help get him home; is that it, Phil?" demanded Ethan. "Yes, we've just got to do it. Poor fellow needs lots of attention. He'd likely die if left much longer. I think gangrene would set in, and finish h
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