Chapter I: Front Matter

FOUR IN CAMP

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

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

FACING
PAGE

“Coming! Don’t give up, boys!” _Frontispiece._

Camp Chicora. 6

He was tracing a monstrous C. 80

“Look!” he cried. 120

“Over with them,” said Dan. 162

He dashed for the plate. 244

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