TELLS ABOUT THE STRANGE CAMPERS It was nice rowing around there in the dark.

It wasn't so very dark, though, because the moon was out and you could see it in the water just as plain as if it had fallen kerflop out of the sky and was laying in the bottom of the lake.

Over on shore we could see the camp-fire getting started and black figures going toward it, and the blaze was upside down in the water.
"How about camp-fire ?" Westy said.
"We should worry about camp-fire," I told him; "there's plenty of time.
Wait till it gets to blazing up good and high." "It's fine out here," Bert Winton said; "I always take a row before going in to camp-fire." "We should worry about you, too," I heard somebody say, and then a lot of fellows began laughing.

By that I knew they had heard everything we said.
Winton said, "Funny how clear you can people talk when they're on the water." Pretty soon we were away over at the other side of the lake and it was awfully still, and even our oars seemed to make a lot of noise dripping the water.
All of a sudden Westy said, "There's a canoe." We could only just see it as it went gliding by us, but I noticed there were two dark figures in it.
Winton said, "Shh, wait till they pass us, then I'll tell you about them." "I bet they're evil cronies," I said; "like they usually have in books," Because you know how it is in books; there are always a couple of bad fellows that won't join the good ones, but go camping right near them and make a lot of trouble for them.

Hanged if I see why they don't join in with them and be done with it, hey?
Pretty soon Winton said very low, "They're a couple of millionaire campers--young fellows.