THE ACADEMY BOYS IN CAMP

was reminded of his promise, and approaching Mr.

well

crowd of us, want

aid, Joe," said Mr

ver to a fishing-place John tells about, whe

, Joe, perfec

nding it harder to ask the favour than he expected. "We want

, Chester," was the laughing reply. "But I understand:

d admitted the fact. "What have you against us, Joe? Are we too strict?" ask

; but some of the boys think they are t

oys gathered round to hear the decision

hers were there," interposed Lewis Swift; a

think myself that it is much wiser to have one of the teachers with such a troop of boys. Whe

ester. "I never thought

ied Walter in a low tone. Then aloud he

Success to you,

ould, waving his cap, and adding in a low to

deal at having so ma

ner for you! It will take al

y as sharks," said David, brin

ake a fire and cook some for dinner ourse

fish you catch, and Freitag and I

s; we'll have a

mising to remember them, the boys hurried away, l

d could hear them, long after they were o

o be our own masters. I'm sick of hearing 'Don't do this,' and '

once. Let's enjoy our liberty

erries on the way, and arrived at the

hem, the liveliest kind imaginable; and

ntinually. Sometimes the advancing waves would overtake them in their eagerness for one more bite,

ill want to carry," said Dave, as he began to gather the fish

arker. "There's plenty of

were put to roast, and the fish were hun

reparation for "Lunch No. 1," as they called this, intendi

ound theirs burned or smoked; but all were merry over the gipsy meal, w

, dropping his fish into the fire. "I hav

said seve

we first

rtin! Ne

wd, making war-whoops with t

ain, all

loud enough to frighten

, W

ho came back, and s

llows to go off and frighte

re to make us hunt them up. I move

in, talking meanwhile of

hing about them after

iting hooks, and pulling in fish, with the fre

dragging of lines, as the tide pur

the lighthouse," suggested

isposing hastily of a large piece of ging

at it, too, i

and Jerry coming rapi

, and thought we'd come an

hought perhaps they had come up her

near us. Perhaps they'v

n!" said Joe, shrug

t; and both of them together would make a considerable noi

you doing-

here by ourselves--no te

was now!"

had come, those boys wouldn't b

coming out on the ledge before his door

find two o

here were they whe

, and we all began to fish; that'

per thoughtfully, knocking the ashes out of his pip

il we made our fires and

, but started across the

you been over

there by n

eleven," said Krame

rring to his little silver wa

yond the fishing-place, and didn't wat

ve looked

be now? can they g

isn't less than forty feet high in any place right there, and part o' the

iff, about twenty yards off; and, ly

their breath u

are the yo

elves upon the ground an

ou rascals! This is

it was safe to stand aga

I! What

there!" shout

ked up in evident

n't you get us of

t think

gher, and we have climbed as far

then he said in a tone the boys below could not hear, "The tides are so much higher

, screamed, "Mr. Kramer, do something to help

ter drives in furiously, and then sucks back enough to drag

and Walter, in their perilous position under the cliff, wai

ramer! How high does

t you tell by the

don't kn

y by the seaweed and barnacles. I think

s sorry

re! Oh, come round

of life or death, for she'd be smashed in a momen

r, so you could get to them if the water got

r hes

ed Joe. "We boys will mak

there very quick. It would go against the rocks in spite of me. I'll get some of those wrec

Joe; "we shall

he tide is high," said the light-keeper

the house and wake up a couple of those men. You needn't disturb the ca

n down to the boat with Kramer, who, now he h

n followed, and the boat was q