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 "Yes; an' we'll soon be in a fix to have nice things, too," said Matt, confidently. "I've got a boat of my own now, an' I'm goin' to Injun Lake an' set myself up fur a guide."

"But, pap, they drove us away from there once," exclaimed Jake. "They was jest like the Mount Airy folks—they didn't want us around."

"Don't I know it?" cried Matt, laying down his sandwich long enough to shake both his fists in the air. "But they won't drive us away again, I bet you, 'cause it'll be wuss for 'em if they try it. I'll kick upsich a rumpus in them woods that every body will steer cl'ar of 'em; then what'll become of them big hotels when they ain't got no custom to support 'em? I reckon we'd best be gettin' away from here this very night. I'm in a hurry to get to guidin' so't I can make some money before the season's over, an' besides I kinder want to get outen the way of that there constable. He'll be along directly, lookin' fur these things, an' I don't care to see him."

"What'll we do with the house?" asked the