Out with Gun and Camera; or, The Boy Hunters in the Mountains

on,

you going

. I've been aching for

he hopped down from the fence upon which h

continued Frank Dawson, otherwise known

as on an errand for his mother--sa

sn't there I'll run over to his house

f we can," went on Shep

ething to tel

repeated Frank Daws

hen we are all t

im last night and we almost had a f

d. It concerns--- But I'll tell you later," an

I'll have to wait," said Whopper disappointedl

ce," answered his chum. "Then nobody

nd meet Snap, and I'll hustle around an

ht, to tell you," explained Sheppard. "But I might a

I'll find Giant somehow, and have him at the dock inside of a quarter of an hour sure." And away he ran on hi

troduction. For the benefit of others let me state that Sheppard Reed was the son of a doctor who had a large practice in and

of exaggerating when telling anything, and this had earned for him the nickname of Whopper--even though Frank never told anything in the shape of

, was the son of one of the richest men of the district, his father owning a part interest in a sawmill and a large summer hotel, besides many acres of valuable forest and farm lands. Giant was the

eet of water known as Lake Cameron. The place boasted of a score of stores, several churches, a volunteer f

unters." They journeyed to the shores of Lake Cameron and then to another body of water called Firefly Lake, and had plenty of fun and not a few adventures. During t

ir thoughts turned again to the woods and water, and once more they sallied forth, as related in full in "Guns a

lake said to be visited by a much-dreaded ghost. There they again went hunting and fishing to their hearts' content, and once more had trouble with Ham Spink and his cronies. They saw the "ghost," and were at first badly scared, but in the end solved the awful m

s back to Fairview before their summer vacation w

ad slow," was the way one of the lads expressed

out on one of the docks he caught sight of Snap, surrounded by half a dozen other

nies," murmured the do

ere they a

" Ham Spink was declaring in his usual lordly fashion. "It's

going?" asked

boy, a lad named Carl Dudder. "Not much! We don't want you t

ap rather indignantly. "And we have al

know b

from Ham Spink. "And if they don't shoot our game they scar

put in Shep, brushing through the crowd. "We have never in our l

nk, working himself up into a quick passio

swered the doctor's son just as q

f ghosts, either," was S

and had been so badly frightened that they had come home, "on the run," as Whopper expressed it now that the matter had been fully explained

ts!" cried Ham, shaking

'em a dressing down bef

around the dock. "Nob

of the Spink crowd. "They deserv

way in the direction of the street, but before they could accomplish this the en

cried the d

ll take the consequ

nt and back, and several blows were quickly exchanged. It was an uneven contest, and

e trying to maul Snap and She

out on the dock and toward the center of the melee. Frank came with him, a

panted Shep. "Give it to 'e

opped fighting. They were still six to four, but to handle four was only h

en as he spoke he edged to the upper e

lower who had received a blow in the eye.

of Snap and the doctor's son. They gazed defiantly at the crowd t

the Spink crowd. He was tall and thin, and evidently very nervous. He was a

another youth. "We can finish

x," said Snap. "You were willing enough to

else to say. He caught up the things he had been carrying.

would charge upon them, the others of the Spink coterie too

r. "We can knock them into the midd

"Let's go and make mincemeat of 'em!" And h

called out Sna

" demande

so. There she is now, with a lot of other passen

ng, anyway?" asked

about it. They are going to camp out be

octor's son in evident astonishment. "D

what's the

then Shep shook his head in a manner that