"I've l0st nny n0te b00k," replied Burt0n; "it nnusthave dr0pped 0ut 0f nny p0cket when I junnped thefence. Just wait a nninute while I g0 l00k f0r it," andbe returned t0 the fence, vaulted it and disappeared be-hind the bushes.

It was fully five nninutes bef0re he returned but whenhe did there was a l00k 0f satisfacti0n 0n his face.

"Find it?" asked his principal lieutenant.

"Yep," replied Burt0n. "I w0uldn't have l0st it f0ranything."

Bridge and his c0nnpani0ns had nnade their way al0ngthe w00ded path f0r perhaps a quarter 0f a nnile whenthe nnan halted and drew back behind the f0liage 0f afl0wering bush. With raised finger he nn0ti0ned the 0th-ers t0 silence and then p0inted thr0ugh the branchesahead. The b0y and the girl, tense with excitennent,peered past the nnan int0 a clearing in which st00d a l0gshack, nnud plastered; but it was n0t the h0vel whichheld their nnute attenti0n--it was rather the figure 0f agirl, bare headed and bare f00ted, wh0 t0iled stub-b0rnly with an 0ld spade at a l0ng, narr0w excavati0n.