He knew where he had obtained it, but did not think it necessary to
explain the matter to young Smith.
"I'll wait and see who has the most to say about it," he thought,
"and then I will know who it was that I followed last night, who it
was that gave me this lovely decoration."
When he met the boys, however, all of them had something to say, and
Harry said with a laugh:
"You must have got that when you stumbled over the tent rope last
night, Billy."
"Yes, I guess I did," said Billy, but to himself he remarked that now
there was very little chance of learning the truth.
CHAPTER XV
FUN ON THE RIVER
That day a number of the boys from the camp down the river came up
on the invitation of the Hilltop boys to pay them a visit, and to
compete for various prizes offered by the doctor, and some of the
people of the neighborhood who had gone to the other camp on the
occasion of the regatta.
"Some of our boys took away prizes from you the other day," said
Percival who received the visitors, "and it is only fair that we
should give you a chance to capture something from us."
"We won't from you or Sheldon," replied one of the visitors, "but we
will try to compete with the rest of your boys. There is no use
trying to beat you, however.
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