The Outdoor Chums; Or, The First Tour of the Rod, Gun and Camera Club

s if anxious to get a snapshot

ispered Frank, g

the edge of the water, for they

scare the critter!" said

up on his enemy. Whoever the offender might be, he see

ped forward, and the boy

r wildcats springing

it to keep ahead of his eager companions, an

l jest waste a bullet on one o' yer legs. Kim up here an' steal my skins, will

d this speech brought forth a whoop of p

t Peters!" ex

was

he had succeeded in taking a snapshot of the s

tin do if he ever comes a foolin' 'round my traps agin. I bet that snake Bud Ra

clear off his feet, and started him in a mad flight along the edge of the swamp

, and another "click" announced that he had s

ave my six rolls done," h

did he do?"

made an in

sot the trap again so as I wouldn't know it. That proves he was sent up here by that snea

he drowned muskra

Lots of it used nowadays

skeercer all the time, an' they hev to come to stuf

genuity is required in order to outwit the cautious instincts of the animal; though mu

e I don't find a thief has

line of traps, as described to him by Bud Rabig the riva

hey were carrying five vi

t much fancy

thing that savored of the habits of a game butcher, or tr

and here they were compelled to exercise considerable caution,

ined to his young friends how it lay concealed under the fallen lea

my trap, whar he's jest bound to tread in it goin' or comin'. Now, if so be ye feels t

ats?" exclaimed

d like to try the dish,

old me they were fin

d, as though nothing could tempt him to

he shack of the old trapper, and all of

hing else besides musk

i

nging up before we left

his lips in

fresh in the woods! Tell

every time. I hope h

the trapper allowing any

e that ere haunch o' venison hangin' from the limb o' that tree-jest git her down an' cut off some slices, all this here big fry-pan'll hold, an'

everybody

he came back later he had them skinned and ready for cooking

l was ready, an

was pretty good; at least it was hot, and

eir comrade bravely take

had not been enough of the venison a

much worse dishes right at home," was the

and gave him a lo

ith much hesitation tasted of the dish; but both came back

with terrapin years ago. People along the Eastern Sho

g the other day,

rrapin. Then the fashionable people took a fancy for the dish, the supply ran low, and now a decent-sized t

roared, seemingly thi

k the skins off, and stre

shade, away from the fire, till they gits right dry. Some we ta

ecially by Frank and Jerry, always interested in ev

ing else; in camp and out, he kept his eyes on the alert for subjects suitabl

to wane almost before

tracks for home, fell

y think has become of us

jay gun out of his mind. Talk about your phonograph, he's sure the w

have dinner with us some afternoon. We dine at night,

trapper, boys. Come agin, soon, an' any time. An', Bill, when ye gi

pies of both. Good-b

the morning tramp, for all of them were feeling a little stif

ce, with the two tents

rking a

?" asked Frank, a

what makes y

t him, that's all Hello, T

erything am lubly an'

Bluff-whe

t boy; he went off in de m

illy chap has gone hunting up the camp of the Lash