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

ure as you're born, Will!"

ry. "A man with a white

on't you think?" demanded the proud artist, thinking fi

you sprung this on the crowd. He must have run across the cord you had connected with the tri

reflectively; "but even as it stands the chances are we'll

ough the woods, all of a sudden he caught his toe in a cord that was stretched across

erience," confessed Frank; "but I'm pre

chicken thief prowling around in hopes of pic

an expert photographer always disp

rry, that he's a white man?" he demanded. "If it were a negro you'd see

esn't bring us any nearer a solution of the mystery. Why should a white man, a

an unusually knotty point arose that needed attention, and their powers

, "I can think of only one old man around this v

if my wits go wool gathering nearly every time there's some sudden ne

ed; "but what under the sun would Aaron be doing here, te

face to face, but we have heard that he's a queer one. Besides, if you stop to think, you'll remembe

f candidly. "Sure! We figured that out by finding a part of an

ake shore, including this cabin; and if that's so he'd have a perfect right to wa

ough I mean to make another try along that line. When this film dries, which may be ar

without saying,"

that be?" Je

hat had blinded him on the trail, but must h

u'd feel if all of a sudden you got such a shock. Bluff, you said yo

he scare I reckon he gave a little screech. I thought it was a yelp from some

although several suggestions were advanced, in the end they were rea

lf, had been walking along the old trail leading to the cabin

flash. What he thought the sudden dazzling illuminat

of supplies. They both expressed the hope that these could all be procure

ned at close range before. To those who love outdoor life there is always a novelty about exploration.

o suggest that Will loan them

while snapping off, you know, Will," he went on to say in a

numerous occasions had willingly entrusted his highly valued camera into the keepin

all the same to you, Bl

nd as if taking care of the camera might possibly prove a task rather than a pleasure; "I reckon you're thinking about the c

s a little matter that really needs adjusting, and I told myself I'd fix it this morning sure. T

a pin to me, only I thought you mightn't ever be going all the way to th

ttle uncomfortable. He disliked being thought selfish, and seemed almost on the point of

that had been patched up as w

se if the lake gets very rough so that you pitch about considerably, keep on the watch for a sudden inf

jected Jerry, "and so far none of i

hen a boat tosses up and down on the waves it gets a terrible wrench with each jerk. I've kno

advice, Frank, and keep fairly c

ope is that we get those precious eggs packed in a way that they won't be scrambled on the journey home. It

ad in store for them before the sun went down behind the western horizon. H

f, who had been fixing a phantom minnow on a troll, in the

grub," explained the other, who on all

in the village long before noon, and expe

m only insuring against starvation. How do we know but what we'll be shipwrecked half-way there, and f

on hearing thi

e that in case we do get dinner at the village tavern or a farmhous

d by strong pressure,

sign of a storm in the offing?" asked B

though there may be some wind behind you. What's going to happen in the afternoon is another

rst shift. When he began to tire he was to call on his chum to change places, unles

l; "see you later, and take mighty

e what happens to his chums. But that's all right, and we hope to turn up safe and sound before sunset." And un