Paddling under Palmettos — page 75: what you’re looking at

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68 Paddling Under Palmettos. “A bear?’ almost screamed the _ others. “Where?” “Right here in camp.” “In your imagination, I reckon.” “Ned, do you know a bear’s tracks when you see them ?” “Well, I ought to,” replied the other. “Look before you. What d’ye call that?” Ned bent down—then he uttered a erunt. “Bless me if he isn’t right, and they seem to have come up over the bluff. A bear has been down to drink. Where was he when you sighted him first, Archie ?” “In the Sachem—turned skipper and cook.” The boys looked incredulous and Dick laughed. “If you don’t believe it look for yourselves,” con- tinued the camp guard. Presently various bitter denunciations from Ned attested that the mess in his canoe had convinced | him that Archie spoke the truth. Nothing short of the story would satisfy them now, so Archie told it all, holding up the squirrels in proof, The hunters had about concluded that they did GEomichbooks-Go