CHAPTER PAGE I. What Happened in a Snowstorm 1 II. The Dugans to the Rescue 12 III. A Fruitless Search 24 IV. Skating 37 V. A Quarrel on the Ice 44 VI. Organizing the Club 56 VII. The First Day in Camp 71 VIII. What Happened at Night 83 IX. At a Deer Hunt 95 X. Among the Wolves 104 XI. Confronted by the Enemy 116 XII. Driven from the Lodge 125 XIII. Lost in a Blizzard 137 XIV. The Enemy Asks a Favor 149 XV. A Midnight Visitor 161 XVI. Back to the Lodge 173 XVII. A Search and a Bear 185 XVIII. A Fire, and What Followed 197 XIX. A Gathering of Young Hunters 209 XX. Building the New Shelter 219 XXI. The Fight of the Pine Martens 229 XXII. Teddy Meets “The Indians” 239 XXIII. Pike Spearing through the Ice 249 XXIV. A Battle with a Wolverene 261 XXV. Teddy Evens the Score 270 XXVI. The House in the Woods 279 XXVII. A Plan for a Capture 286 XXVIII. The Last of the Tramps 294 XXIX. A Great Moose Hunt 303 XXX. The Find—End of the Outing 312 THE GUN CLUB BOYS OF LAKEPORT CHAPTER I WHAT HAPPENED IN A SNOWSTORM “How many miles have we still to go, Harry?” “I think about four,” answered Harry Westmore, as he looked around him on the country road he and his brother were traveling. “I must say, I didn’t think the walk would be such a long one, did you?” “No, I thought we’d be back home before this,” came from Joe Westmore. “I wish we could find some sort of a signboard. For all we know, we may be on the wrong road.” “There used to be signboards on all of these roads, but I heard Joel Runnell tell that some tramps had torn them down and used them for firewood.”