The Outdoor Chums at Cabin Point; Or, The Golden Cup Mystery

e woods light this t

such as blankets and grub, as also the cooking ou

at the abandoned mine shaft, from which point

made a mistake in his reckoning we're due to rea

ut that,

I reckon, fellows. To tell you the truth, i

the peak of this rocky ridge we ought t

rous as his chums, still his active life during the last two years had done much to build up his strength. As for Bluff Masters, any one could see from his looks that he had a constitution of iron, while his face told of determinati

or camp life, they had become known as the "Outdoor Chums." Fortune had indeed been kind to thes

ral branches of sport. Will was an ardent photographer, and his work had received high praise. Indeed, it was only recently that he had ca

ken by the boys to the Maine country, where they met with some exceedingly interesting adventures, all of which were set down in

iends, and need no further introduction. As there may be some, however, who are now making their acquaintance for the first time it may be well to mentio

lle. They had roamed over Oak Ridge and the Sunset Mountains, camped on W

h, going to the Gulf of Mexico. Another time it had been a visit to the Rocky Mountains where they hunted big game. Then, on a houseboat belong

immediately: "Where shall we go for the next outing? because we must get into the woods somehow, a

ost catching plan. By some means he had heard of a place a good many miles awa

ple lived in that section of country. Small game was plentiful enough to give Will all the fun he wanted in l

rofessed to be ardent disciples of the hook and line. In fact, Bluff laid o

ning the lay of the land. He even made up a sort of map, based on what he was able to learn, although frankly admitting that it might prove fault

being a physician. The boys were in the habit of calling him "Doctor Will" at times; and whenever there ar

only a frank sort of boy, but there were many times when just out of a desir

ompanions. He and Jerry were both apt to be a little boisterous, and to express their dislikes rat

a chance to send most of their camp outfit ahead of them by the stage. It was to be left at the s

d planned to search for an old cabin situated on a point that stretched out into the beautiful bay, and which Frank believed might serve them i

?" Bluff was asking as they toiled along, with a wall of roc

waterproof tent of ours," suggested Will, who did no

a shelter of logs, bark and driftwood on the shore of the lake, if the worst str

Bluff. Time enough to cross your bridges when you get to them. That old cabin stood there last summer, I was

uch a silly thing as that

d hermit living on an estate not a great way distant from Cabin Point. He is said to be a rich ma

terested in what we were told about him. He seems to be a regular

ed, with a faint smile; "and to own up to the truth, I'm rather hoping we run across old Aaron

channel, which of course covered his hobby, "I mean to snap off a picture of

m a wide berth. These hermits are not much to my fancy. You never know what to expect from the lot. But, Frank, after al

hem immediately focussed their gaze on the figure that had turned a bend in

ll, patting the article in question affectionately, as

station we struck a mile back," suggested Frank. "It was only

I hope there isn't a camp of city boys up here anywhere, because if that turned out to be

faster than ever. Perhaps he's running away from some

s me he's a pretty careless sort of fellow. On a dangerous road like this it pays to watch your step, as a fall might

figure was no longer in sight, for upon making that false step he had fallen to his k