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asked Ed . `` Sandy said they were headed to the west . '' `` Then to the west we go , '' Ed exclaimed , darting forward in advance . The boys searched patiently until five o'clock without discovering any trace of the missing lads . Then , they returned to the cabin and prepared supper . As they came within sight of the cabin they saw a stout figure dodging away into the grove of trees to the east . `` That 's that sneak of a Cameron , '' Will said .