The Outdoor Chums After Big Game; Or, Perilous Adventures in the Wilderness

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This dandy breeze is too g

the Jupiter, and co

Bluff, he waves his hat as

nto the wind; while their chum, Richard Masters, known among all his schoolmates as Bluff, manipulate

t in which Bluff was seated, came flying down before the

hose frank and open face rested a broad sm

papers were up to the standard, and it's college next year for yours," remarked Blu

ning of my news!" cried Frank Langdon as h

d that worthy, seemin

of you fellows, don't look that way. It's all right, I tell you," went on the bearer o

Bluff and I get through, a

his head enth

s you want a ducking out in the middle of the lake, restrain your enthusiasm a bit, please. It isn't the

m glad; not only because it will keep four chums together a while longer, in coll

sister, Violet, for whom Frank entertained a pronounced li

aming with delight; for the chums were very fond of each other, and had a single one been left be

rah! Hurrah! h

over the clear water of the beautiful little lake on which the town o

, and that while they loved the whole outdoors, with its attendant

d away there was a shak

Mexico last winter might not be our last grand outing, after all.

ank has the flo

nd return by way of the Canadian Rockies; or a grand hunt in the wilderness, wherever we

unt in the Great West," said Jerry ecstatically. "Haven't I just longed for a chance to look at a big elk

ally snap off a few pictures of those same animals right where they live? How tame to go to a menagerie

r four boy friends called themselves, and his ambition to secure striking scenes, with wild game in the center of t

ked Frank presently, when the chatter of voices a

u got up your slee

, and perhaps we'll forg

letter." And Frank

cox, the trapper whose camp we used to v

odded h

will be overboard? He's leaning so far over the side that the water is read

iendship's sake. I'm to wire when to expect u

s, in our time, but that sort of thing, with big game in prospect, calls for heavie

n that he always believed in giving the game a chance, and declared it to be next door to murder to have six shots

n, and not at all the brand we figured out from hearing Jesse talk about him. Bo

ver a set of grads get such

ighty good to give us this glorious opportunity to enjoy an outing such as we'

he best dad going, and I mean to make him proud of me some day. But tell us more about

, when every one of you can have a chance to read his letter," remarked

Oh! what a long time t

ary for one of us to run down to the city to lay in some things in th

aps, Frank," called Jerry as the other shot away with the wind,

ums felt such sincere confidence in him at all times. T

are thus employed it might be well for us to understand just who these chums

s back; and among all the boys attending the Academy Frank had soon picked out as

es to reach the woods beyond the head of the lake. What befell them on this occasion has been told in the f

were several strange things connected with this island, such as a mysterious wild man who had been seen there; and besides, it was shunned because of the fierce bobcats that had possession. How our boy

Report had it that there was a real ghost to be seen there, and the boys were bent on discovering the truth of this weird story. It can be easily understood that they must have had a glorious time on that trip, viewed

rtake a trip to the Sunny South. Just how this came about, and what wonders they saw and experienced on a Florida river, as well as upon the g

ady to embark on what promised to be the most exciting trip of all, a

on there would probably be scant time for aquatic sports. The tremendous un

Didn't old Jesse say that Martin Mabie was a big stockman now, and had really quit being a guide and hunter? Then it's mighty k

d a long letter from J

m everything we ever did, and got him interested. We must make

warmly. "I was thinking the same, myself. B

comments after th

g to take us into the mountains for weeks, and see that we have the time of our lives! And he warns us not to mention the w

can we spare the time better?" suggested Will, who secretly wanted just ano

otion!" cried

n that canoe. Perhaps a run on our motorcycles mi

new that once they started making preparations for t

nd have a parting supper with Jesse? He'd be dreadfully tickled at the notion.

house, locked the door, and then the fou

e road, just out of Centerville. Frank was first on hand, as u

em, they started off, the motors soon popping merrily

ase they met a farmer with a load of hay, going to market, or any other vehicle. This was rendered necess

his time of year. From there on the pace had to be slowed down, for the

lves, such as roots cropping up above the surface, when the leader gave a sudden toot up