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I ur t. t F i t i 0 i ren 4 I r CAMP LIFE A V aca for Boys I HV his' WILLIAM II J CJ lU There were x o of 01 the boys from Crom the Perc Percy school In the scheme The They ft r- r had liati talked It O l over vr r for a n week before closed for COI tho the slimmer summer and no now that thai vacation was really with thorn tham Hit the scheme chomo became a plain i possibility b- b u Ill IU tell lull you ou what well we'll do tie said Tom Torn tho leader of the thue six Well eil go RO over liver on un Scott und anti pitch the i cam camp p. p Round Hound about that r region lon there aro are lob Jots u of i Indian graves and anti mounds So so Im I'm told And iid who knows knows we we ma may lIn find 1 a lot lut of dandy Indian relics Sure that's the place to camp I agreed Frank We Ve c can con spend our oui j 4 I scratched the match inside the hit hollow log over uvel which you ou held Id your our hot hat lint Ah Au h I see e Walt alt Gee Gec youre you're as at ui-he ui a as a n tree full of owls owl when It II come corpus coine- coine to tu camp gumption arent aren't yeLl ou ohl oIl Ive I've Ivo camped with men who know the business pretty thoroughly admitted Tom rom with a n. certain untie pride In his hiI knowledge Well elt clI It It seems Cems to me inc well we'll have ha unevenly balanced loads for Cor the fel fellow cl- cl low loui that hint carries calories the hag bag o of meal willIm will Im me a pretty stilT stiff load ventured Harry lion lInn I Ive I've planned d the lu lugging hugging of oC our loads this way said Tom Tum Ill I'll take lake Jumbo alon along for fol our pack JIU k animal He lIes lIe's s good gOol for grub cruh bedding and cook cookIng I lug log utensils I 47 4 fc- fc t. t r rt t J I c 4 I 1 j I t t t. t II II I i f. f ii H it lH r or nil all It 11 hands turned t In iii lu to Ic ret get t Some Seine inner Dinner I n time between digging for In Indian lan re- re Ji has and fishing lien hen shall we start asked Bert 1 third Important of orthe tho ho six Tomorrow nn e rom AnI I each ach of the tho wants anIH to take I S n to last a a. week Q We Sr r. r f don dont don't t want lo to have to como come back to 5 s tors for or supplies hints right ht exclaimed Sneed Walt alt anti and linn Harry the three who had hadas hadas as m yet ret been listeners Instead of or talk talk- cr ers I can ann lug hug about twenty pounds of grub besides my blanket and amI fishing S tackle takle suggested Sneed nee much said Tom need that hint j t Wont nee t te t f We e want to have c enough to live hive on but lut t wo uso can cnn depend on fish for or s some seine me F not overS overload over over- S. S S of f our meat meal and we wo must ourselves ct S load oal 5 Then the six decided to lo sit sit down nn and with pencil IH and an paper figure figuro out Just what was needed In tho the wa way of camp cam Well Veil well we'll have a bag of meal and make o our own hoe boo cake calw said romI Tom rom Camp life with everything cooked I S 'S i 1 or lIa for us UK would lack the tho it I r S been with papa on camping trips and anti to th the way S Ive I've paid close attention bo lie 10 conducted the camp c. So o trust tome to of our tilL the inc me to lo manage which after wo are aro located ocate meals In Iii camp well we'll call the hit mess Then sugar coffee bacon a n little Hour Hom a can of or lard a can of or butler hutter I 2 Halt and pepper and ana baking t powder lowder were W le added lo It the list which hail had been headed with a bag hag of mealAnd meal AntI And now that weve we've got ot the things the uton- uton not noL forget COlget to cook we Wt must mUtt to cook cool them liens iii In explained Torn Tom Iome have a n. thick Iron irous skillet I S We Ve e mu must t our corn COln cakes calces fish r In which to fry 1 and bacon bacott a n. coffee corree pot l t a fc few knives which can cnn beS be which spoon forks one spoon for two tin platt plates passed two tO around S 1 J Jt bread hrca and amI meat meal and six tin dupe cups think that is about all well we'll need t S Matches latches exclaimed Walt Wall Sure a dozen boxes cried Sneed ol oi S Ive heard beard that lint ono OBO uses lots lols t matches when building l J. J cam camp f fires rc n of 01 matches match match- maun- maun Well Vell take along plenty Illen said Torn Tom Hut But If a n aL of or course cs es understands how iLow to to build a n. L person theres there's no HO need to waste u-asic fire lire c. All OU want to do doIs doI I lot hot of or matches you S a n Is to lo find an old piece co ce of or hollow lo log I build where you I drag It il to lo the place and anti with some seine stone fireplace t your our and bark fiber filler of dry 1 loath dead twigs bits Sk the Iho blaze inside the lie hollow hollous' JOI tog log L start wind cant can't puff Ire it out tho lie where H cau caught ht carefully hen It has fairly t under the lie ed edge e eor f fireplace lift JUt It to lo the hue cook piled up to lo of or the Iho dl dry timber Umber over and amid youve you've a fire In a n. jiffy having hayt hav hay only one ono match for you used t- t ing Oh T the lie ticket etl cried Sn 9 lucky s Lucky thought hue tho best hest 1 burrow Uh In town If it I do du l foy friy It myself ol said Mill Tom rom Hell Holl gol going going- ng tb for he follo fol- fol J lo ounie me like a dog do doSe I So Se It all wm 1 It jh planned ar and th thu the l six Lioy hoy l oy h full 1 of happy j anticipations started to their respective re t e homes to tu It prepare for the morrows morrow's ws w's start tart which m l must t h bo lt made h by l' daybreak for fur their destination lay la about ten miles dis- dis disant ant lant over a hilly road The n next t morning while the earliest earliest ear ear- liest lark was was singing Its Us first song to lo tIme the dawn Tom was busy loading hading Jumbo with th the camping outfit which had 1 Lr from the tho lie six homes the night before and stored In Toms Tom's fathers father's barn hanl the ta task k as wa completed f t ps sounded on the lie board sidewalk and amid into the tho lie yard soon goon carne came the other five ll boys hoys some somo of them hi cia st II I heavy eyed iv wl h I I Ii sleep Have Havo you kids had breakfast ask asked ell Tom rom with a grin as his eyes roved 01 from front one face to the other Each l ch shook his head and amid Wall Valt said Breakfast Goo Goodness ness when I told mamma last night that lint I 1 wante wanted to start by hy G fj o'clock this morning She 1 threw UI up Ull her hel han hands s in iii horror J If you do she said go without your breakfast And I want yr nu 3 nu u to tobe tobe tobe le lee leWe e for Cor forI CorI fori be very ry quiet In taking tal your I i dont don't want you OU lo tu awaken us allup all allup allup up before our regular hour lOl gelling getting getting get get- ting ling up Ul So Su you can nn judge by hy that thai how houi much breakfast Ive I've had Thou Then Walt Wait drew n a long hong face his I empty stomach and addressing Torn Tom Hurry up with that packing for If we WO dont don't ont pull camp before 10 o'clock Ill I'll be he ready ll to lo bo Llo burled buried In iii the lie Indian graveyard If Ou tb do 10 laughed d Frank Prank who assisting Tom l fi adjust a n huge roll 1011 of or blankets across Jumbos Jumbo's back we iwo will give give- you ou n decent burial an and head bearing put up a board a at this tills Inscription Died with his hoots boots while following the lie trail on lu heller ir SaY say while following n Jumbo corroded Walt Valt And Amid with such tuch gay s the hue half dozen comrades werd soon on their way out of town Jumbo wall walking ln along In the tho his bearing bust humor Imaginable huge hUJe load though at-though It did dill not weigh a pound 1 Several oral times en on route the tho gay ny crowd Ia paused li el lo to rest on the roadside e but ut before the clocks struck 10 In the town lown own which they thy had Just left heft as the sun ped over the eastern horizon Tom pointed to lo a low range of or hills half amile distant and amI said Mia Beyond item runs Scott river and anti among them to our left are the Indian mounds nn and graves Breakfast almost ready asked Walt Wait a It grinning at Tom Toni Yes dont don't you OU smell mell the coffee cotTee asked Tom rom winking at tho the others But Wall VaIL alt was wat not the only haUst haU- haU starved st l' l boy In the he crowd and antl a little later hater as the they gathered lound i a a. lIl big flat rock which a cool trickling spring each boy hoy did lid full Cull jus- jus ice to tu tIll the appetizing t of oC skillet bacon hacon bi oiled oillie on oil the Oil sharp Shall t ends IIII of pit st slicks icks anti and coffee l' l After breakfast it wa MI decided that the the- boys hoys should tak ink turns in watchIng watchIng watch watch- Ing lug lime camp while the tho hue others oth ls would go to the lie Indian mounds half hulf a 0 mile an away ay lo to explore the the- old id 2 graves of or the tho who had hind hunt hunt- I cd ed and campe J about those hills lift fifty years before But the lie boys boys tiro two at a n alime lime who time who remained to watch at the camp uveL were c not not Idle Idio while thick their companions com corn were ro away IWa They ricy plaited tin the top branches hr s of or young 0 1111 g saplings lo- lo o gether bending them so 80 clo closely ol that 1 ih lucy y rated formed lL shady bower with with- in Then through these those they twined and d brunches full Cull o of leaves lea cut from lom other trees till a roof was made maele that would shod shied an or ordinary rain Inside Iu this tills little hut but of trees the tho lie put bedding and amid provisions were If It should rain eI 1 very heavily hea said paid Frank one thue lIl of if the builders wo could stretch a. fla couple of or out our blankets over the hue top lof of or our wigwam and tie tic heir theil corners securely to lo the Iho limbs I Nc Necessity ss lY Is the Iho parent of Invention Lion tion quoted Walt alt the second camp canil w on the hit first day After Afler time Iho wigwam was made secure the he boys set about piling up wood near noat nearlie the lie fireplace Then thc they gathered of if grass gru they spread In tIme the sun to lo dry This was to lo 1 be e plied piled Into Inlo bed LIed shape insl Inside e the hue wigwam and andover andover over which their heir blankets were vere spread at night About 3 o'clock in iii tho the after afternoon into noon the four foum explorers is came caine camp from the hills 1 bringing with them several se g genuine Indians relics in inthe the lie shape of or arrow airow heads anti and one cruel looking club made from lom tIme the root of or a tree The rhe boys were much surprised d when th they y saw the result of oC 1 Vrank's Franls and Walt's Walts work during their absence Well VeIl everything is shipshape de declared le- le dared Tom examining tho the rude but safe rofo hut lut of saplings antI and branches dont don't ou You mean you laughed Walt Salt alt Then Theil all hands turned to get some somo dinner one bo boy fixing the lie lire fire a second mixing tho the skillet bread a third slicing hit Iho th bacon aunt and anda a fourth getting gelling some water from froni the time spring fur for coffee corree After the lie meal was over and the lie cooking utensils washed and anti put lut awa away tho the boys Lloys stretched themselves on the hue grass In the lie shade to rest rost and anti toll tell In Indian Indian In- In dian ian stories Nearby browsed Jumbo who was wa picketed etel near enough nou h to tho tho- ho spring brook to cool his throat whenever when when- ever his thirst prompted Cl him to do to O. O Till fill evening the tho boys lay hay In fresh cool grass discussing the clO clouds ils the distance in space which hutch produced prod Iced I the blue blu canopy that thai e ethem them then lien as the stats stat's came caine out dut ut the they got up UI prepared them their fishing tackle and lined along the he bank hank o of tile the river hoping to lo have som something Tar for breakfast breakfast break break- fast Cast besides bacon When bedtime cam counted their catch to find nh about Gt twenty splendid did fish fish Just Just the sl tt j i fry fo rry whole as aslom Tom lom said which said sahl which they dressed arid and salted In the lie 1 bl 11 Un plates antI and set sel J deep leep under the time spring rock to keep cool Then the blankets were spread on the time fre fresh h grass beds antI and tho ho half half- dozen tired though happy campers turned umed In And nd how they did dill slumber that lint night to lo the music of or the frogs and grass grai crickets And how they lucy I dreamed of or In Indians ian o of fishing and of oC living In the hue woods But Bui with Iho tho I first gray of dawn In wn th time they were up and lawn down at nt the hit brook wa washing the list sleep from rm their eyes tieM In the flit cool water After a week of this l hue fine ne sweet simple life liCe with nature how can we WI over euer t ll stand to lo live hive In town lown again and andr r return turn to time the life of fashion and cus- cus turn lom asked Toni Tom roiling t lie le fifth h In him some slime meal al preparatory to frying it It Dont Donl call cail It 11 to lo mind said Mid Walt Valt J Let t us not hot cross ClOSS the time bridge till we come orne to it U. Wo We O are out hero helo for a good time so time so let lei us have ha it It Were ele having baving It all right yawned Bc If I 1 were wre anywhere else than nl ut camp Ill I'll not nol roll 1011 out of oC bed hel till tun sun J Put Pul ut hero lucre hero here re theres there's so much munch to get up ul for that thai a fellow ellow feels like sitting silting up all nil night to keep anything anything any any- thing hing nice from Crom escaping him But hit just now the best bosl thing I know is to lo get t S. S A A move mo on you ou and anil set s t the time table tallIe c Tom over the hue frying fish And Anti Bet Bert now wide awake tI of f his superior of- of UNI h-er and spread prea the hit table for the hue mess |