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`` You 're right , '' returned Dick . `` The folks in the city who do n't know what to get to tickle their appetite ought to go hungry a few times . Then I 'm sure they 'd appreciate what they got . '' The midday meal finished , they lost no time in repacking the sled load and starting up the river once more . The stream was now wider than before , and presently spread out into a small lake . `` This is known as Tillard 's Pond , '' said John Barrow . `` Feller named Gus Tillard built his cabin over yonder , about ten years ago .