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  FOUR IN CAMP

  “Coming! Don’t give up, boys!”]

  FOUR IN CAMP

  A STORY OF SUMMER ADVENTURES IN THE NEW HAMPSHIRE WOODS

  By RALPH HENRY BARBOUR

  _Author of “The Half-Back,” “Behind the Line,” “Weatherby’s Inning,” “On Your Mark,” etc._

  ILLUSTRATED

 

  NEW YORK D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 1905

  Copyright, 1905, by D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

  _Published September, 1905_

  TO THE CHIEF, COUNCILLORS AND FELLOWS OF SHERWOOD FOREST

  CONTENTS

  CHAPTER PAGE

  I.--INTRODUCES NELSON TILFORD AND WITNESSES HIS ARRIVAL AT CAMP CHICORA 1

  II.--TELLS OF A TALK BY THE CAMP-FIRE AND OF HAPPENINGS IN A DORMITORY 10

  III.--SHOWS THAT A MOTOR-DORY CAN GO AS WELL AS STOP 22

  IV.--RELATES HOW NELSON BORROWED A LEAF FROM BOB, AND HOW DAN CRIED QUITS 34

  V.--TELLS HOW DAN PLAYED A TRUMP CARD, HOW BOB GAINED HONOR AND HOW THE “BIG FOUR” CAME INTO EXISTENCE 48

  VI.--OPENS WITH AWFUL TIDINGS AND ENDS WITH A GLEAM OF HOPE 59

  VII.--PROVES THE TRUTH OF THE SAYING THAT THERE IS ALWAYS ROOM AT THE TOP, AND SHOWS DAN WITH THE “BLUES” 70

  VIII.--TELLS HOW TOM WAS VISITED BY AUNT LOUISA--AND SOME OTHERS 82

  IX.--STARTS WITH POETRY, HAS TO DO WITH A BEETLE AND ENDS WITH A PENALTY 91

  X.--DESCRIBES AN AFTERNOON ON THE LAKE AND A GALLANT RESCUE 104

  XI.--TELLS HOW THE FOUR PLANNED AN EXCURSION, AND HOW DAN AND NELSON PLAYED HARES, MADE A DISCOVERY AND HAD A FRIGHT 111

  XII.--HAS TO DO WITH A STORM AND LIGHTNING, DISCOVERS TOM IN TEARS, AND CONCLUDES THE ADVENTURE 122

  XIII.--RECALLS THE FACT THAT WHAT’S FAIR FOR ONE IS FAIR FOR ANOTHER AND RECORDS A DEFEAT AND A VICTORY 132

  XIV.--BEGINS A MIDNIGHT ADVENTURE WHICH THREATENS TO END IN DISASTER 140

  XV.--CONCLUDES THE ADVENTURE AND SHOWS TOM SLEEPING THE SLEEP OF THE JUST 152

  XVI.--RECORDS TWO VICTORIES OVER WICKASAW AND AN EPISODE WITH FISH 159

  XVII.--WITNESSES THE DEPARTURE OF THE FOUR ON A CANOE TRIP AND BRINGS THEM INTO CAMP FOR THE NIGHT 174

  XVIII.--TELLS HOW THEY FOUND A DERELICT AND A COURSE DINNER, AND MET WITH SHIPWRECK 189

  XIX.--CONCERNS ITSELF WITH THE DANGEROUS PLIGHT OF DAN AND NELSON AND THE COURAGE OF THE LATTER 199

  XX.--RELATES THE CONCLUSION OF THE TRIP AND WHAT HAPPENED AT CAMP 210

  XXI.--TELLS HOW THE FOUR LAID PLANS AND HOW BOB PREPARED FOR A VICTORY 219

  XXII.--NARRATES THE PROGRESS OF THE CONTEST WITH WICKASAW AND WITNESSES THE DISINTEGRATION OF ONE WELLS 233

  XXIII.--PROVES THE SCORE-BOOK IN ERROR AND CLOSES THE STORY 242