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"Paradise Park!" whispered Bo to herself

A call fro, they hobbled with eager but painful steps in the direction of a larger careat rock that sheltered their lean-to No hut or house showed there and none was needed Hiding-places and homes for a hundred hunters were there in the sections of caverned cliffs, split off in bygone ages from the mountain wall above A few stately pines stood out from the rocks, and a clump of silver spruce ran down to a brown brook This cae rock, yet it had been out of sight Here indeed was evidence of a hunter's home--pelts and skins and antlers, a neat pile of split fire-wood, a long ledge of rock, well sheltered, and loaded with bags like a huge pantry-shelf, packs and ropes and saddles, tools and weapons, and a platfor on poles a various assortit!" shouted Dale, and he threw a stick at so A bear cub scampered away in haste He was srunted as he ran Soon he halted

"That's Bud," said Dale, as the girls came up "Guess he near starved in ar We don't have sugar often up here"

"Isn't he dear? Oh, I love him!" cried Bo "Come back, Bud Co Dale with bright little eyes

"Where's Mr Roy?" asked Helen

"Roy's gone He was sorry not to say good-by But it's iets down in the pines on Anson's trail He'll hang to Anson, an' in case they get near Pine he'll ride in to see where your uncle is"

"What do you expect?" questioned Helen, gravely

"'Most anythin'," he replied "Al, I reckon, kno Maybe he's rustlin' into the ood, for Roy won't be far off An' sure if he runs across Roy, why they'll soon be here But if I were you I wouldn't count on seein' your uncle very soon I'm sorry I've done racious," replied Helen, hastily How plainly he had intimated that it must be privation and annoyance for her to be coood--kind I owe you rateful"