CHAPTER I.
THE HIKE THROUGH THE SMOKY RANGE.
"Did anybody happen to see my knapsack around?"
"Why, you had it just a few minutes ago, Step Hen!"
"I know that, Bumpus; and I'd take my affidavy I laid it down on this rock."
"Well, don't whine so about a little thing like that, Step Hen; it ain't there now, and that's a fact."
"Somebody's gone and sneaked it on me, that's what. I'm the unluckiest feller in the whole bunch, for havin' queer...
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