The rims of the spools extended slightly beyond the outer face
of the door and rolled against the sill. To keep the water from leaking in
at the top a slanting board was fastened above it, as shown in Fig. 144.
The back door was similarly constructed. Our tree house was completed by a
running balustrade around the veranda.
It strangely happened that just after our tree house had been built we
received a photograph from Uncle Ed of a Filipino tree house made of
bamboo.
CHAPTER XII.
TROUBLE WITH THE TRAMPS.
We were a proud lot when the house was finally completed. From the veranda
we had an excellent view up and down the river. We could see our camp on
the island and keep watch of our goods. Late one afternoon Dutchy and I
were lolling about on the Goblins' Platform, idly watching a hawk soaring
above us. The rest of the boys had returned to the island in canoes an
hour before and left the heavy scow for us to row back. It was drawing
near supper time and we had about decided to start for home, when I
chanced to see a scow up the river. It looked exactly like ours, and in it
were two men, evidently drunk, from the way they carried on. A glance
showed me that our scow was not at its moorings.
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