125
XV IN THE RAPIDS 134
XVI THE NEW CAMP 143
XVII AT THE CAMPFIRE OF THE CREES 153
XVIII AN INVITATION TO COME OUT 162
XIX A STRANGE DISCLOSURE 173
XX "WE MUST CUT AND RUN FOR IT!" 182
XXI NEVER GIVE UP 191
XXII THE WAR OF THE ELEMENTS 198
XXIII THE STAMPEDE 206
XXIV A MYSTERY SOLVED 215
XXV HOME AGAIN--CONCLUSION 225

THE OUTDOOR CHUMS AFTER BIG GAME

CHAPTER I

GLORIOUS NEWS

"Hello, there, _Red Rover_! Come alongside!"

"What's the row, fellows? This dandy breeze is too good to be wasted
loafing."

"Frank's coming in the _Jupiter_, and coming like a streak!"

"Yes, and more than that, Bluff, he waves his hat as though he had great
news!"

Will Milton and Jerry Wallington sat in the double canoe, that with
flapping sails pointed its stem into the wind; while their chum, Richard
Masters, known among all his schoolmates as Bluff, manipulated the
dainty fifteen-foot cedar craft in which he had been speeding over the
surface of Camalot Lake.

Another midget boat, constructed on the same lines as that in which
Bluff was seated, came flying down before the wind, and presently
brought up alongside the other craft.

It contained a single young fellow, upon whose frank and open face
rested a broad smile that seemed to prophesy pleasing news.

"What makes you look so happy, Frank? Evidently you've heard that your
examination papers were up to the standard, and it's college next year
for yours," remarked Bluff with eagerness, and, it must be confessed, a
tinge of envy in his quivering voice.

"Right for you! But that is only the beginning of my news!" cried Frank
Langdon as he reached out and caught Jerry by the arm.

"Am I in it?" demanded that worthy, seeming to catch his breath.

"Well, I should say you were, and with even better honors than poor me.
Now, the rest of you fellows, don't look that way. It's all right, I
tell you," went on the bearer of news, trying to control his own voice,
but succeeding only a little better than Jerry.

"Say! do you mean it? Did Bluff and I get through, after all?" exclaimed
Will.

Frank nodded his head enthusiastically.

"Careful, now, you wild Indians! Just remember that you're in canoes
that can be upset easily, and unless you want a ducking