The Pony Rider Boys in Louisiana

you. Had they pitched the camp two rods from it's present site, in either direction, their out?t would have been

ne and stripping down to his underwear hung his clothi

lly larger. All manner of driftwood, brush and heaps of muck lay strewn over the ground, and this Ichabod was clearing away as rapidly as pos

bedraggled coats in the sunlight, now and then bounding back and forth, barking and leaping and playing. The Pony Rider Boys san

nother day. This time would be fully occupied in oiling and cleaning guns, which

tter to acquaint himself with the conditions round about them. He eyed the dense brake, the giant trees, the q

't think I should care to be lost in this swamp. If the D

id not know covered the ground thickly in places, while vines and creepers climbed the trunks of the trees, h

land. Tad never had heard of them before and he watched the antics of some of the little fellows curiously. While Tad moved about with caution, he was unafraid. His love of nature was too great to permit him to be afraid of it; even though he knew tha

rayed a long distance from camp. He answered the call by shooting his r

y a horn with him, the horn being useful not alone in calling the dogs, but in signalin

k to the camp, as an inexperienced person might have done, the Pony Rider Boy cautiously followed his trail back, never for a moment losing sight of his blazes on the

n, where have you be

ent over to a round lake a

lak

s,

at

s,

that is from here?"

I do," answered

ee miles in a

ought

you didn'

trail out and just follo

rew up h

this swamp for three miles, then walk back just the same as if he wer

"I saw pretty much everything but de

u d

s,

he

rossed my trail and went into

old trail,"

e that plainly. It was a buck, too, and I think I should like

Have all the rest of you boys

llow it until the deer drops dead from fatigue. I probably am the best all-a

en," answered Rector. "You'd ge

ind myself," retorte

you

hat deer trail, Mr. Lilly,

es couldn't make much headway in

other hunters in this vic

of any besides

scovered some man t

the Pony Ride

e anything you don'

ng. I found this man's tracks while I was examining the buck's trail in the mu

o. Which way

e b

the

ing w

the guide. "I wonder who it could have

ook hi

s. The man was alon

gifted with

, s

ow he had a gun, un

against the tree. He was looking at the deer trail, so he

ed Lilly, rising and thrusting his hands in

ernoon Lilly announced that he was going out to look over t

find it?" asked

y gr

kon you-all knew what

it?" dema

was some fellow heading for Stillman's pl

ar is

to twent

way to reach the pl

omorrow, I reckon. The ground is drying out fast. I didn't see any bear si

e endurable than had been the case for the last three days. Twice during the night Billy got up, took a look at the weather, and heaped mo

caught the sound of water being splashed about. A thought occurring to him, Tad sli

s that thrilled him