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

mmered and yelled Jack, as he went down under the water, a

e fish get aw

the tail!"

get wet," was Bert's contribu

ack. "If you call it luc

ot yet gotten off the hook, and, as Jack had instinctively

t let go," and he started across the rocks to the aid of his chum. Dick an

nly a few feet from it, and he was clambering up the rock

ly, as he joined his comrade.

t the fish than you do a

is the first fish any of us caught. Reel in now. Never

ng in the fish, which was still on the hook. But most of the fight was gone from him,

k cooks it!" exclaimed Bert,

ge lad. "Say, I thought every

k, and you have to serve up all the fish and game we

ere I can get a lot of f

d we can make more soup," added Jack. "Or

s can cook your own game. I'll

see the baked beans if we don't w

ejaculated the

k as, dripping water from every point, h

re must be great fishing in this lake when they c

Jack. "As soon as we get straightened out we'll go o

at shore," said Tom, and he threw in. Shortly h

t. The other boys had fair luck with rod and line, and then it was up to

good!" cried Tom, as the savory

better," was

hey all voted that Dick was a much better

g, after everything was ready for bed. "Think you can tackle them, Dick? We'v

the amateur cook. "We'

ere rather hard, not having been properly made, and th

eggs which they had brought from Wilden, put th

laimed Tom, as he went down

g in the line of game," put in Jack. "It's out of season

," said Bert. "Make four, old

k good naturedly. "I won't guaran

hotgun. Dick did up the dishes and then began rummaging around in the supplies. Soon he was whistling awa

Tom, when they had all assembled for

the retort, and Dick

xclaimed Jack, as he whif

good," co

hey taste good,

ssert, and at the first mo

he cried. "What did you

ied the injured cook. "Wh

re flavored with something funny," de

cans up to the table, which

but there were cans of apples on top and below

smell, an

e pie stuff and baked that all together and then used

ral laugh, and D

can do any better you can have

ng. You're doing fine, Dick, only, after this, smell of a can if

er was good, and later on Dick proved that he could

ood, but the game was scarce, as might hav

e. The boys were in the habit of making up a camp fire early in the evening, and sitting in the glow of it to talk. Th

tired and I want some sleep. To-m

ng to the old mi

try that soon if w

he was suddenly awakened by hearing something moving about near the sleep

hat? You

e other cots, our hero saw the forms of his co

one out there,

shelter and peered out. In the dying glow of the camp f

. "If that isn't the old hermit of the mill

me out from behind a cloud, to add to the glow o

whispered Tom. "I won