Chapter I: Front Matter

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“THE LEGEND OF LOVERS’ LEAP.” “YOU SEEM INCLINED TO
TAKE EVERYTHING TOO LITERALLY,” SAID GRANGER. —Page 132
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OAKDALE BOYS
IN CAMP

BY
MORGAN SCOTT
AUTHOR OF “BEN STONE AT OAKDALE,” “BOYS OF OAKDALE
ACADEMY,” “RIVAL PITCHERS OF OAKDALE,” ETC.

_WITH FOUR ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS
BY MARTIN LEWIS_

NEW YORK
HURST & COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

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Copyright, 1912,
BY
HURST & COMPANY

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. THE CAMPING PARTY 5
II. MAKING CAMP 14
III. EVENING AT PLEASANT POINT 26
IV. A BAD NIGHT FOR PIPER 36
V. WITH ROD AND REEL 53
VI. A MORNING’S SPORT 64
VII. THE ENCOUNTER AT THE BROOK 74
VIII. ONE FROM THE SHOULDER 84
IX. CARL DUCKELSTEIN FISHES 91
X. AN EXPERIMENT WITH FLAPJACKS 106
XI. THE LEGEND OF LOVERS’ LEAP 117
XII. THE STORY OF THE HERMIT 131
XIII. QUEER SLEUTH 144
XIV. THE HAUNTED ISLAND 154
XV. THE MYSTERIOUS LIGHT 165
XVI. ANOTHER ENCOUNTER 176
XVII. WHAT CARL’S PAIL CONTAINED 188
XVIII. DISPOSING OF UNWELCOME NEIGHBORS 200
XIX. THE HERMIT’S CABIN 209
XX. GRANT TO THE RESCUE 221
XXI. ESTABLISHING FRIENDLY RELATIONS 232
XXII. PIPER GROWS SECRETIVE 244
XXIII. CRANE RELENTS 253
XXIV. STRANGE BEHAVIOR OF SLEUTH 262
XXV. A TERRIBLE PREDICAMENT 274
XXVI. PIPER MEETS THE GHOST 284
XXVII. THE SECRET 296

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ILLUSTRATIONS

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“The Legend of Lovers’ Leap.” “You seem
inclined to take everything too
literally,” said Granger. _Frontispiece_

There was a swirl, a snap at the line, a
sharp bending of the rod—the fish was
hooked. 63

He dove headlong from the canoe without
upsetting it. 230

Parting the bushes gently, he thrust his
head into them and looked forth into the
clearing. 277

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Oakdale Boys in Camp