Tom Fairfield in Camp; or, The Secret of the Old Mill

Are you joking? Professor S

it," declared Bert.

here-from your old friend, Bruce Bennington. I don't know why we didn't think to tell you before, exce

p there? The last I saw of him was when the ship picked us up from the derelict, the

some business there but he failed. I guess he didn't play fair. Anyhow his healt

York woods, and he decided to go along. In some way Bruce Bennington got

ut in Bert. "Didn't T

d Jack. "Well, anyhow, our old enemy Sk

lieve he'll come near our place, and, if he

it's rather odd that h

eeting the former Latin teacher, who had been so unpleasant to them, and

n together, packed for shipment, and then came the details of arranging for a

fortune that's hidden in the ol

e friends with

oo much on tha

much," said Dick. "We'll be out in the boat, or fishing, or

gested Tom. "I hope yo

did," s

tely necessary, for they were going to rough it. A small quantity of the

e, and a case of canned provisions, as well as some in pasteboard packages, were to be

ll settlement at one end of the lake. They could also get additional provisions t

ngs, and the boys were to leave the next morning. They would have to travel all day, reac

Fairfield. It was from her former school chum, Mrs. Hend

Jason Wallace is

o?" as

em and had a quarrel with them. Now he's got an old army musket and he keeps going about the place like a sentinel, Mrs. Henderso

make friends with old Wallace, and we'll have him so tame that he'll eat out of ou

e careful; won't you

mised, and she had to

about the news from the place where

have been Mr. Skeel wh

red Bert. "Why he's

hing about treasure, I'll wager that he gets after it.

ad hidden away a secret supply of food and drink when the others

Dick, who had come over to Tom's house to hav

Now let's go over everything,

gs, they packed them into their grips and went to bed, Dick promising to come over early in th

oys. The baggage was checked, and Tom had to spend so

form. He seemed to have forgotten his little feeling against Tom for not taking him in

for all the water, do the cooking, wash the dishe

ng for a place to sit down.

nt you," spoke T

s. Fairfield made Tom promise about a dozen things that he would be careful about, and gave him so many injunctions that he forgot half of them.

her. "Don't be tempted too much

is, I think I'll have a tr

after you heard the story.

't. Go

nds out of the windows and, a moment later, the train pulled out. Tom had a last glimpse o

"I must send her a postal from the first post office

n looking into the coach just ahead of the one in whic

er-forget someth

ust saw some

. "He's the greatest chap for girls I ever saw," he confided to Tom

irl," said Jack

then?" asked

Sam Heller; and Nick