Well, as they were a long distance from home, with darkness near at hand, the boys determined to go as far along the road toward Hickory Ridge as Nancy could draw the load, and then proceed to camp somewhere for one night.
It was all a part of the outing, and no one appeared to regret having followed the generous dictates of their warm young hearts.
While their camp that night may not have been as comfortable as before, because of the lack of time to do certain things, they managed to get a fair amount of sleep. No doubt the consciousness of having responded to the demands of scout duty afforded them more or less solid satisfaction; for even George was heard to say, as they drew near the familiar home scenes on that quiet Sunday afternoon, it had been one of the best little outings the Hickory Ridge Boy Scouts had ever enjoyed; and it must needs be something beyond the ordinary that could coax this kind of stuff from Doubting George.
But that year was fated not to die out without Elmer and his chums being given another splendid opportunity to show what their scout training was worth, as the reader will discover upon securing the volume that follows this, and which is to be had under the title of "The Hickory Ridge Boy Scouts Storm-Bound; or, A Vacation Among the Snow Drifts."
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The Mountain Boys Series
| 1. Phil Bradley's Mountain Boys |
| 2. Phil Bradley at the Wheel |
| 3. Phil Bradley's Shooting Box |
| 4. Phil Bradley's Snow-Shoe Trail |
These books describe with interesting detail the experiences of a party of boys among the mountain pines.