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Phil Bradley's Mountain Boys The Birch Bark Lodge
THE MOUNTAIN BOYS SERIES PHIL BRADLEY’S MOUNTAIN BOYS OR THE BIRCH BARK LODGE BY SILAS K. BOONE THE NEW YORK BOOK COMPANY NEW YORK |
Copyright, 1915, by
THE NEW YORK BOOK COMPANY
Contents
CHAPTER | PAGE | ||
I | BOUND FOR LAKE SURPRISE | 11 | |
II | LUB AND THE MOTHER BOBCAT | 21 | |
III | A MYSTERY, TO START WITH | 33 | |
IV | THE FIGURE IN THE MOONLIGHT | 46 | |
V | THE SUDDEN AWAKENING | 59 | |
VI | GETTING RID OF AN INTRUDER | 72 | |
VII | ON THE BORDER OF THE LAKE | 84 | |
VIII | THE MOUNTAIN BOYS IN CAMP | 97 | |
IX | THE 'COON PHOTOGRAPHER | 112 | |
X | FINDING A SUNBEAM | 121 | |
XI | AN ENCOUNTER IN THE PINE WOODS | 134 | |
XII | WHEN TWO PLAYED THE GAME | 143 | |
XIII | HOW "DADDY" CAME BACK | 156 | |
XIV | THE PUZZLE OF IT ALL | 169 | |
XV | AFTER THE STORM | 181 | |
XVI | PEACE AFTER STRIFE—CONCLUSION | 194 |
PHIL BRADLEY'S MOUNTAIN BOYS
"Phil, please tell me we're nearly there!"
"I'd like to, Lub, for your sake; but the fact of the matter is we've got about another hour of climbing before us, as near as I can reckon."
"Oh! dear, that means sixty long minutes of this everlasting scrambling over logs, and crashing through tangled underbrush. Why, I reckon I'll have the map of Ireland in red streaks on my face before I'm done with it."
At that the other three boys laughed. They were not at all unfeeling, and could appreciate the misery of their fat companion; but then Lub had such a comical way of expressing himself, and made so many ludicrous faces, that they could never take him seriously.
They were making their way through one of the loneliest parts of the great Adirondack regions. There might not be a living soul within miles of them, unless possibly some guide were wandering in search of new fields.
The regular fishermen and tourists never came this way for many reasons; and the only thing that had brought these four well-grown boys in the region of Surprise Lake was the fact that one of them, Phil Bradley, owned a large mountain estate of wild land that abutted on the western shore of the lake.
All of the lads carried regular packs on their backs, secured with bands that passed across their foreheads, thus giving them additional advantages. In their hands they seemed to be gripping fishing rods in their cases, as well as some other things in the way of tackle boxes and bait pails.
Apparently Phil and his chums were bent on having the time of their lives upon this outing. Laden in