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

said this, which he had just picked o

ad once been a baby's shoe, I

erry. "I wonder now, did it slip down here, or was it

orm the nest of the rodent. One piece seemed to be a part of an envelo

nded, as though interested. "I can make out part

ep a fellow guessing!"

ly looks as if away back, twenty years ago or perhaps even much longer, the rich old hermit used to actually live here i

nder such singular conditions. Then Jerry commenced smoothing the earth level under the p

ming my way, I tell you!" he call

rested. "And see here, if you've struck a miser's hoard,

f the coin, and in the end they were compelle

ndation for his fortune while living here in this cabin. And this hole under the loose p

a crack. Have you examined it to see the date, Jerry? Because if it happens to be one that wa

and it's away back in eighteen-eighty.

picture what the cabin on the Point may have looked like many years ago, when a woman's hand

loor would play a part in the future happenings that were d

All of the boys declared they had enjoyed a sound sleep when dawn once

onsiderable satisfaction to find how much of an improvem

n he had completed his task it was possible to look from the open door and see for miles out over the lake. They believed th

renely over the water, looking for a fish for his young fledglings. On several occasions

his meal," Frank remarked. "It's too much bother for the eagle to plunge down and hook a fish for himse

imal nature appealed irresistibly to him these days, since he had taken

use of my camera if it happens to come along at the right time. Already I think I know where a pair of those big os

their homes up in pretty tall trees, you know. And besides, some of them are sa

anything on his mind he was very persistent. This was particularly true of

n the lake all they wished; or troll along, using minnows for bait, which had been taken in a little net made of mosquito bar stuff; Will preferred to roam the adjacent woods seeking signs of mink

nother place now. It was kept as neat as wax, for Frank had even manufactured an odd

llowing day. He had not forgotten what one of his informants had told him co

o occasional lamentations. His greatest fear seemed to be that Gilbert might destroy the film

e carried his camera along with him, the rest of the boys judged he m

and there did not seem to be much chance of his allowing himself to become lost. Still Frank found him

from sunset he mentioned

know where Will set ou

ry shook their heads in the negati

ut it. I saw him fasten a piece of rope around him and enclose a tree out there. It made me laugh at the time, and only

kled at he

nest he had discovered. You know the old trick some South Sea islanders practice when climbing cocoanut trees is to have a

id he, and get up to the first limb high above his head.

and Bluff, too, picked up his hat as th

fact, boys!" declared Frank; whe

he shore. Yes, there it is again, and I reckon that's our chum giving tongue. He must be in difficul