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Title: The Outdoor Chums
The First Tour of the Rod, Gun and Camera Club

Author: Captain Quincy Allen

Release Date: November 25, 2003 [EBook #10267]

Language: English

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THE OUTDOOR CHUMS

Or

The First Tour of the Rod, Gun and Camera Club

BY CAPTAIN QUINCY ALLEN

1911

CONTENTS

I PLANNING THE CAMPAIGN

II READY FOR THE START

III THE RACE FOR A CAMP-SITE

IV UNDER THE TWIN HEMLOCKS

V THE FIRST CAMP SUPPER

VI BLUFF MEETS WITH A LOSS

VII THE SHACK OF THE MUSKRAT TRAPPER

VIII WHERE IS BLUFF?

IX JERRY TAKES CHANCES

X UNCLE TOBY FLIES HIGH

XI A NIGHT ALARM

XII THE TELL-TALE MATCH-SAFE

XIII THE COMING OF THE STORM

XIV HOW JERRY WAS TREED

XV IN A BEAR'S HOLLOW

XVI HEAPING COALS OF FIRE ON HIS HEAD

XVII AFTER THE STORM

XVIII A STRANGE VISITOR IN CAMP

XIX SURPRISING TRAPPER JESSE

XX PROVING HIS CLAIM

XXI DOWN THE OLD SHAFT

XXII "LOOK PLEASANT, PLEASE!"

XXIII MORE SIGNS OF TROUBLE

XXIV WHAT BLUFF DID

XXV BREAKING CAMP

THE OUTDOOR CHUMS

CHAPTER I

PLANNING THE CAMPAIGN

"Great news, Jerry! The storm last night damaged the roof of the academy
so that it has been condemned as unsafe. And the Head has decided that
there can be no school held for two weeks."

"So Watkins was just telling me. He says most of the outside students are
to be sent home again until repairs can be made. And I was just thinking
that while I'm sorry for the Head, it opens up a jolly good prospect for
some of us."

"How's that, Jerry? For myself, I was just feeling glad to be back at my
desk again, after vacation, and now it's knock around again."

"All right, just stop and consider. There