OR
The Rival Hunters of Lumber Run
BY
CAPTAIN QUINCY ALLEN
Author of “The Outdoor Chums,”
“The Outdoor Chums on a Houseboat,” etc.
ILLUSTRATED
The Goldsmith Publishing Company
New York, N. Y.
Made in USA
GROSSET & DUNLAP
CONTENTS
II—A Broken Window, and Glorious News
III—Getting Ready
IV—Headed for the Big Woods
V—Among the Lumberjacks
VI—The Lone Cabin
VII—Out for Game
VIII—Fur and Feathers
IX—The Wonderland of Maine
X—The Flashlight Picture
XI—Facing Trouble
XII—Bluff Takes a Hand
XIII—Another Hunt for Venison
XIV—The Victim of the Bear Trap
XV—A Cook Stampede
XVI—Did Teddy Know?
XVII—The Big Moose
XVIII—On the Trail
XIX—The Hour of Triumph
XX—Robbed of the Spoils
XXI—A Camp in the Snow
XXII—The Gray-Coated Pirate from Canada
XXIII—When Morning Came
XXIV—The Triumphant Return
XXV—Bluff Remembers—Conclusion
THE OUTDOOR CHUMS IN THE BIG WOODS
CHAPTER I—THE SNOWBALL BATTLE
“That looks like a challenge, Frank.”
“It was well fired, at any rate, Bluff!”
“I should say yes, because it knocked my hat clear off my head. Do westand for that sort of thing, or shall we accept the dare?”
“There are half a dozen and more of the enemy against four OutdoorChums, but what of that? This is the first snow of the fall, with areal tang in the air. Say yes, Frank, and let’s get busy!”
“Here are Bluff and Jerry ready to eat up that crowd in a snowballfight. What do you say, Will?”
“Oh, count me in, because I can see they’re just spoiling for it!”exclaimed the fourth boy in the party, who did not look quite so hardyas his comrades, although no weakling.
“Well, I should think it’d be a shame to miss it, when the snow isjust soft enough to handle easily,” and Jerry Wellington held up a biground ball he had quickly manipulated in his practiced hands.
“That settles it. Everybody get busy making a supply of ammunition.Then we’ll charge their line, and give them as good as they send!”
The last speaker was Frank Langdon. His three comrades had always beenproud to look up to Frank as their leader. They had been through a