"
"But I saw him!" insisted Janet.
"I know you saw some one, Curly Girl," and grandpa smiled at her. "Of
course there may be a strange man--maybe two, for you say you heard
one call to the other. But they may have just stopped for a little
while on this island. Ill have to ask them to go away, though, for we
want to be by ourselves while camping. So, as there might be strangers
around here who would not be pleasant, you'd better stay here, too,
Teddy."
"All right, I'll stay," Teddy promised, and he tried to be happy and
contented about it, though he did want to go with his grandfather on
the "tramp-hunt" as he called it. But, though Teddy was quite a good-
sized boy for his age, there were some things that it was not wise for
him to do. This was one of them.
The next day Grandpa Martin, rowing over to the mainland, brought back
with him one of his hired men. The two walked all over the island,
only stopping for their lunch, and at night they had found no trace of
anyone.
"If tramps were here they have gone," said Grandpa Martin. "I can't
think why that man who talked to Janet should speak of a professor,
though."
"It _is_ queer," said Mrs. Martin. "Never mind, I'm glad it is safe
for the children to run about now. It has been hard work to keep them
about the tents all this day."
"I guess it has been," laughed Grandpa Martin.
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