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

. The rowboat was drawn up in a tiny cove and made fast, and then all hands set to work getting the tent and some of the outfit

had done for the club, and he now directed Giant and Whopper to build the fire and ge

ut of doors," said the doctor's son. "But it seems

to be erected and the third was laid across the top, in little limb-crotches left for that purpose. Then the canvas was thrown over

had the camp fire started, and soon an appetizing odor of coffee and frying fish filled

g finished his share of the work, he sat down on a grassy hillock to r

ven in the hottest of weather I love to

s and plenty to eat when I see

e the eating, even if we don't have

his outrageous yarns?" suggested Snap. "He mus

ame from the storyteller modest

t. "Say, Whopper, that's the ver

ell any stories," returned

ll; you can't he

when they had finished the bones of the fish were picked clean. Then Giant said something about a train falling off a bridge, and that started Whopper to telling a most marvelous story of an engineer wh

d Snap. "I said Whopper cou

one, too!"

l believe it," came

--to help pass the time," sa

"It's all right, Whopper--only don

guard to-night?" asked Gi

ap. "I don't think anybody or a

lowly. "But if you fellows don't care t

o say, Shep--you ar

ess we can

ding that they were to have breakfast at six in the morning

nd when he dozed off it was to dream of the lion that had escaped from the circus. He imagined that the animal had followed them to their camp and was bending over him and licking his face. He

doctor's son. He wa

?" spluttered Snap, thr

e from Whopper and

animal--in here--ju

just wen

dreaming, She

aw it--felt it! L

ped his shotgun, that hung on one of the tent poles. He st

r. He and the others were now u

--

were dreaming,

mment. "Sometimes they lay like lead in a fell

son. "I'm going outside and investigate." And h

f any wild beasts are around

ht visitor. He stirred up the camp fire and soon had a bright blaze going.

," said Giant, yawnin

ing his watch. "Say, this is a dandy way of br

ething--and felt something--you

a sand flea, o

t get mad," came fro

s!" burst out the doctor's son

his shotgun. But the

Giant. "See, it's moving--b

ut what it was none of the young hunters

nce and fire?" he a

Whopper. "It couldn't be a

s voice. "Who is there?" he call

boys. It was the bark of a dog, low and uncertain. Then th

here! come here!" he called,

doubtfully. When he was quite close he sat up on his

cried Snap. "He

ittle dog!" he cried. "Come here!" And as he snapped his fingers the c

ld beast, Shep,

answered the doctor's son. "Tha

for the collie was now leaping from one to another of the boys and ba

ap. "Must have wandered off

e on his collar

umber," answered Gian

if he might be a

en that collie b

nt," said Whopper quic

mean. He has a regula

en him somewhere, but

nap. "But how we are going to do it I don't kn

s take him along and bring h

m Whopper. "He may--if we feed hi

l made a meal of them. The boys felt cold and tired and crawled back into the

nd instantly the dog nestled down at his

ome of our pictures,"

to the pict

ing to call him?

hin

Sphinx?"

o he is, where he came from,

the doctor's son. "I vote we call him

Giant. "What do you say, Wags?

his tail vigorously. Evidentl

rs and coffee. As soon as the repast was over they took down the tent and placed that and t

boat with us?" said Snap. "So

y him." He called Wags, and the dog leaped

," said Whopper. "Come

left behind, then entered the rowboat and shoved off. Snap and Whopper took

"If possible we want to bring down some sort of game for din

we can't shoot something, why, toward dinne