Chapter I: Front Matter

The Rambler Club
in the Mountains

BY W. CRISPIN SHEPPARD

AUTHOR OF

"THE RAMBLER CLUB AFLOAT"
"THE RAMBLER CLUB'S WINTER CAMP"
ETC.

THE PENN PUBLISHING COMPANY
PHILADELPHIA
MCMX

COPYRIGHT
1910 BY
THE PENN
PUBLISHING
COMPANY

Introduction

In pursuance of his intention to write stories full of lively, wholesome adventure for boys, the author presents "The Rambler Club in the Mountains," following "The Rambler Club Afloat," and "The Rambler Club's Winter Camp."

The five boys leave their home in Wisconsin and journey to the far-away state of Oregon. There, in the mountain wilderness, among the haunts of big game, they meet with plenty of exciting adventures; and Dick Travers, the "official photographer," succeeds in making some remarkable snap-shots.

"Little Bill" Dugan and "Surly Joe" Tomlin, who are harboring fancied grievances, unintentionally bring the boys into great peril. Their thrilling experience, however, enables them to solve the mystery in the fate of Howard Fenton, who has been carried through the gorge of Canyon River.

The Ramblers find all their courage and endurance called into play, but prove again that they are made of the right stuff.

In spite of all they have gone through, the boys have not lost their love for roughing it, and they look forward with pleasure to other adventures with rifle and rod, some of which are recounted in "The Rambler Club on Circle T Ranch."

W. CRISPIN SHEPPARD.

Contents

I. UP TO THE LAKE

II. HOWARD FENTON

III. ON THE "DAUNTLESS"

IV. THE ISLAND CAMP

V. OUT IN THE STORM

VI. THE NATIONAL GAME

VII. FUR, FIN, AND FEATHER

VIII. THE INTRUDER

IX. AN EXCURSION

X. HOWARD IN DANGER

XI. "LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP"

XII. DOWN THE GORGE

XIII. HANK MERWIN'S CABIN

XIV. A BEACON LIGHT

XV. DICK'S MOOSE

XVI. TACKLING "OLD EPHRAIM"

XVII. ON THE MOUNTAIN

XVIII. THE PRESCOTT PUZZLE

XIX. ABOVE THE CLOUDS

XX. BOB'S WILDCAT

XXI. DAVE PAINTS A PICTURE

XXII. CHASING "LITTLE BILL"

XXIII. CANYON RIVER

XXIV. "YOU SAVED MY LIFE!"

XXV. "HELLO, BOB SOMERS!"

XXVI. ACROSS THE CURRENT

XXVII. UP THE CLIFFS

XXVIII. ALL TOGETHER

Illustrations

A BOY STEPPED FORWARD

THEY LOUNGED AROUND A CHEERFUL BLAZE

"THE 'DAUNTLESS' IS IN THE GORGE"

"HE'S DONE FOR"

DESPERATELY, HE CLUNG TO IT

The Rambler Club in the Mountains