CHAPTER PAGE I THE BOYS ON SHIPBOARD 1 II SOMETHING ABOUT THE PAST 11 III THE RESCUE AT SEA 21 IV BACK TO CRUMVILLE 32 V DAVE AT HOME 42 VI NEWS OF IMPORTANCE 52 VII LINK MERWELL AGAIN 62 VIII OFF FOR BEAR CAMP 72 IX ON THE ROAD 83 X CAUGHT IN A STORM 93 XI FROM ONE HARDSHIP TO ANOTHER 105 XII A STROKE OF LIGHTNING 116 XIII AT BEAR CAMP 126 XIV SOMETHING OF A QUARREL 137 XV VISITORS 148 XVI A STRANGE COMMUNICATION 158 XVII THE SWIMMING RACE 169 XVIII A CRY FROM THE CLIFF 180 XIX THE CAPTURE OF LINK MERWELL 191 XX BACK IN CAMP 201 XXI THE ESCAPE 210 XXII MORE OF A MYSTERY 220 XXIII SHOOTING A WILDCAT 230 XXIV THE MAN AT THE CABIN 239 XXV TWO DEER 249 XXVI STARTLING NEWS 257 XXVII WHAT HAPPENED IN THE NIGHT 266 XXVIII DELLA FORD'S STATEMENT 275 XXIX THE BIG BEAR 284 XXX GOOD NEWS--CONCLUSION 295 ILLUSTRATIONS Out came a kettle, a frying-pan, some knives and forks (Page 293) _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE Dave caught her under the arms, and, treading water, brought both her and himself to the surface 24 Then, as Dave went after him, he broke into a run 64 And then all the young folks fell to eating with great gusto 102 "Hello! hello! Where are you going?" 154 "It's a snake, and a big one!" 180 "You just said that I was not Dave Porter. What do you mean by that?" 202 Crack! Bang! The two pieces rang out in quick succession 254 DAVE PORTER AT BEAR CAMP CHAPTER I THE BOYS ON SHIPBOARD "Phil, your father seems to be a good deal worried this morning. I hope it isn't on account of the way we cut up on this ship last evening." "Not at all, Dave," returned Phil Lawrence. "I don't believe he noticed our monkey-shines. He is worried over the letter he received in the mail we got at our last stopping-place." "No bad news I hope?" said Roger Morr, another one of the group of boys seated on the forward deck of a small coastwise steamer.