Four Boy Hunters; Or, The Outing of the Gun Club
he boys threw themselves on the ground, between a number of low bushes close to the lake shore. The ra
as he caught sight of an object whirling
"Maybe the boat will go next. Say, I'd just
it," replied Gi
hey could do nothing to save either themselves or their stores, and wondered what the morning would brin
nothing but a gentle breeze. At eight o'clock the sun broke from un
again," said Shep. "I was afraid ev
ly did a great deal o
if--oh, look at th
is
cried Giant. "The wind took it to the top of the
st thing to do is to build a big fire and get dr
ted they found branches enough to pile on. They shed the majority of their garme
some condensed milk and water-soaked sugar. They also got some fish from the lake,
ep, "we'll not want for fi
e some dead birds and small animals," said Snap.
t them to dry on some stones in front of the camp-fire. A few articles had been rendered valueless and these they threw a
," said Snap. "It is
odpecker. A thrush and two other birds they could not place followed,
chaps!" he went on, looking at the squirrels. "I supp
report of the fowling-piece was followed by a wild fluttering and then two partridges dropped down, ea
azed away, nevertheless, and brought down a rabbit that chanced to
ack for the lake front. They were almost to the c
me in Gian
came from Shep,
nswered the smallest
they came to the clearing they found Shep standing up in the rowboat, gesticulating wildly
is mean?" que
e and the fish hauled him
et the fish go?"
iant. "The line is twi
m, Shep!" c
the camp. Snap and Whopper hurried in the direction, and as the little youth managed to get a footing near the b
ied Snap. "A maskalong
flopped around in a manner that scared them a little. The maskalonge was dark gray in c
he ran the boat ashore and surveyed the ha
aul," said Snap. "I guess he's the k
nswered Giant, with a
pulled overboard for
eigh some
guess," said Snap. "It's too
scales," said Whoppe
my mother," said the small youth. "Woul
olks would wonder, too," answered She
t several pike of fair size, so they were
itable camping spot and build a shelter," said Snap
over them to keep off the night air. Each of the young hunters took his turn at watching, but
when they were about two hundred feet away they
for a tour around the shore of Firefly Lake, when Shep pointed out a small canoe coming sw
be?" questio
the Felps crowd--to
rather for giving hi
He must be out to do a little hunt
had been all his life. He was a bachelor, with no known relatives, and lived in a little cabin on the mountainside, two mi
und?" sang out Snap, as the h
e, boys," was the answer. "H
beastly time,"
dn't it? Where a
he lake, that's all. We want to
iew said you were go
Andrew Felps came alo
built a cabin, t
he bumped alongside of the rowboat with his canoe "He t