What will we do now?"
"I hardly know. Hello! there's an odd-looking place. Right over there.
See that deep canon? That one with the fallen tree across it?"
"Yes, I do now. Let's look over there."
"All right. You're on."
The two boys struck off in the direction of Roy's discovery. It was
indeed an odd freak of nature. Some convulsion of the earth had detached
quite a section of land from the surrounding country. It was, in fact,
an island in the midst of the woods with only the fallen tree for a
bridge.
"Let's cross it and examine the place," suggested Roy, with all a boy's
curiosity.
Together they crossed the old tree, which had evidently fallen there by
accident, although, in reality, it formed a perfect bridge. The "island"
was thickly wooded and they pushed forward across it, not without some
difficulty.
Suddenly they came upon a sight that made them halt dead in their
tracks.
A man holding a rifle was sitting on a fallen log. The instant he saw
them he raised his weapon.
"Don't come no further," he said.
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