But it would be just like him."
"I don't think he was guilty of that," remarked the colonel, "that
was the work of men."
"But there was a boy in it," asserted Jack.
"It wouldn't be Sam," declared Pepper. "He might put others up to
it, but you wouldn't find him climbing in any windows!"
"See anything of Monkey lately?" interjected Rand.
"Not since the day he stole the fish," returned Pepper.
"Haven't seen him in three or four days," said Dick. "It's queer,
too, for he used to come in the shop almost every day. Nor Sam
either; they must be camping out somewhere."
"Hope it isn't around here!" cried Pepper. "Say, fellows, we had
better take a scout through the woods and make sure."
"Come along, then," said Rand, "and we will rout him out if he is
anywhere about."
Starting out under the leadership of Rand the boys explored the
woods in every direction for some distance from the camp without
seeing any signs of any one being in the neighborhood.
"Going back to the flag," said the colonel, when the boys had
returned, "while we are waiting for the dinner to be done, can any
of you tell the history of the flag? Of its origin and how it came
into being?"
"The first American flag was made in Philadelphia by Betsy Ross,
in 1775, was it not?"
"According to tradition," replied the colonel, "but history
doesn't bear it out.
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