Around the two scouts there lay a complete wilderness of trees. Had
they searched high and low it is doubtful whether they could have
found a more lonely spot within twenty miles of home.
Stormberg Mountain, on which many of their previous adventures had
taken place, reared its peak on the right; and Rainbow Lake was
within two miles of their present location. In selecting this place
for their little outing, Bud had probably figured that the chances
of their being disturbed or spied upon by any of the curious town
boys would be very slight. And, like all modest inventors, Bud was
very shy about showing off until he could be certain that he had
actually something worth talking about to display.
The sun had seemed to hesitate upon the horizon, but now it took a
sudden dip below the earth's rim, and Bud exclaimed:
"Say, did you see the sun just slide out of sight then, as though he
was ashamed to leave us in the dark? This place has all grown up
since I was here last, so I hope we'll get to the shack before night
really sets in."
"We will all right, Bud, so don't worry any," laughed Hugh, whose
aim it seemed to be to take things as philosophically as possible,
especially when they could not be changed.
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