FOUR IN CAMP [Illustration: “Coming! Don’t give up, boys!”] 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 [Illustration] 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